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The epizoan and commensal organisms of marine turtles have been documented in several investigations (Ernst and Barbour, 1972; Frazier et al., 1985; Caine, 1986; Dodd, 1988; Monhanty-Hejamdi et al., 1989; Frazier et al., 1991, 1992). In some cases, the epizoic flora have been referred to generally as red algae, green algae, filamentous algae, periphyton or just algae (Cogger and Lindner, 1969; Frazier, 1971; Bustard, 1976; Caine, 1986; Dodd, 1988). A detailed study of algae on sea turtles does not exist for Mexico although Frazier (1983) gave a brief summary of algae on Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz) in Oaxaca, Mexico. The present investigation gives a detailed list of epizoic algae found on nesting loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta (L.), and the green turtle, Chelonia mydas (L.). Inglés

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