Hector Ruiz, phycologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 12 taxon names authored by Hector Ruiz

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Ballantine, D.L., Ruiz, H. & Aponte, N.E. 2002. Predaea goffiana sp. nov., (Nemastomataceae, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea. Botanica Marina 45: 385–389. Reference page. 

• Ballantine, D.L., Saunders, G.W. & Ruiz, H. 2007. Halichrysis corallinarius sp. nov. (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea. Phycological Research 55(3): 240–248. Reference page. 

• Ballantine, D.L., Ruiz, H. & Lozada-Troche, C. 2010. Chamaebotrys prolifera sp. nov. (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, based on morphology and small subunit rDNA sequences. Phycological Research 58(1): 69–77. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2009.00560.x Reference page. 

• Lozada-Troche, C., Ballantine, D.L. & Ruiz, H. 2010. Cresia opalescens gen. et sp. nov. (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea. Cryptogamie, Algologie 31(3): 293–303. Reference page. 

• Ballantine, D. & Ruiz, H. 2011. Metapeyssonnelia milleporoides a new species of coral-killing red alga (Peyssonneliaceae) from Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea. Botanica Marina 54(1): 47–51. Reference page. 

• Athanasiadis, A., Ballantine, D.L. & Ruiz, H. 2013. Hydrolithon abyssophila sp. nov. (Hydrolithoideae, Corallinales), a bisporic coralline from the insular shelf edge of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (US). Botanica Marina 56(5/6): 495–505, 17 figs, 1 table. DOI: 10.1515/bot-2013-0019 Reference page. 

• Ballantine, D.L., Lozada-Troche, C. & Ruiz, H. 2014. Metapeyssonnelia tangerina (Peyssonneliaceae, Rhodophyta), a new species associated with coral reef habitats in Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea. Phycological research 62(3): 97–205. DOI: 10.1111/pre.12051 Reference page. 

• Ballantine, D.L., Ruíz, H. & Norris, J.N. 2015. Notes on the benthic marine algae of Puerto Rico, XI: new records including new Meredithia (Kallymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) species. Botanica Marina 58(5): 355–365. DOI: 10.1515/bot-2015-0005 Reference page. 

• Ballantine, D.L., Ruiz, H., Lozada-Troche, C. & Norris, J.N. 2016. The genus Ramicrusta (Peyssonneliales, Rhodophyta) in the Caribbean Sea, including Ramicrusta bonairensis sp. nov. and Ramicrusta monensis sp. nov. Botanica Marina 59(6): 417–431, 23 fig., 2 tables. DOI: 10.1515/bot-2016-0086 Reference page.