Journal article
Three new cryptogenic species in the tribes Polysiphonieae and Streblocladieae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta)
P Diaz-Tapia, I BArbara, J Cremades, H Verbruggen, CA Maggs
Phycologia | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.2216/17-17.1
Abstract
During our sampling surveys of the tribes Polysiphonieae and Streblocladieae in Spain and Australia, three previously unrecorded species were collected. Based on molecular and morphological evidence they are proposed as new species. Polysiphonia delicata sp. nov. and Polysiphonia radiata sp. nov. belong to the Polysiphonieae and share the synapomorphy in this group, rhizoids in open connection to pericentral cells. They differ from other members of this group either by rbcL sequence divergences greater than 4.5% and/or by morphological characters. The third species is placed in Melanothamnus (tribe Streblocladieae), as Melanothamnus pseudoforcipatus sp. nov. In agreement with the morphologic..
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Funding Acknowledgements
PDT acknowledges support by the postdoctoral programmes Axudas de apoio a etapa inicial de formacion posdoutoral do Plan I2C (Xunta de Galicia) and a research grant from Diputacion da Coruna. Funding for the field work carried out in Cies archipelago was provided by the Spanish Government (Hippoparques project, 1541S/2015, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentacion y Medio Ambiente, Organismo Autonomo Parques Nacionales). Funding for the field and molecular work in Australia was provided by the Australian Biological Resources Study (RFL213-08), the Australian Research Council (FT110100585) and the Holsworth Foundation.