Journal article
Taxonomic revision of Halimeda (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in south-Western Australia
MCM Cremen, JM Huisman, VR Marcelino, H Verbruggen
Australian Systematic Botany | CSIRO PUBLISHING | Published : 2016
DOI: 10.1071/SB15043
Abstract
Halimeda J.V.Lamour. is a green algal genus that is an important component of tropical reefs and lagoons. Although it does not generally occur outside the tropics, the range of one putatively widespread species, Halimeda cuneata Hering, in Western Australia extends southward past Cape Leeuwin to its southern extreme at Cape Howe and around to its most easterly record at Middle Island of the Recherche Archipelago. Previous molecular studies have shown that H. cuneata as recorded worldwide encompasses cryptic species diversity, with most of the cryptic entities being geographically isolated from the others. Halimeda cuneata has been the name consistently applied to specimens from the south-wes..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Funding during the preparation of this study was provided by the Australian Biological Resources Study (RFL213-08), the Australian Research Council (FT110100585) and the University of Melbourne (scholarship to Ma. C. M. Cremen and V. R. Marcelino). We thank the laboratories of Olivier de Clerck (Ghent University) and Gary Saunders (University of New Brunswick) where some of the molecular work was conducted. In particular, we thank Sofie D'Hondt (Ghent), Daniel McDevit (UNB) and Tanya Moore (UNB). We also thank Patrick Froden (Lund) for locating and photographing the lectotype of H. versatilis. Work in the Saunders Laboratory was funded through the Canadian Barcode of Life Network from Genome Canada (through the Ontario Genomics Institute), and other sponsors listed at www.BOLNET.ca.