Journal article
Extensive cryptic diversity in the widely distributed Polysiphonia scopulorum (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta): Molecular species delimitation and morphometric analyses
Pilar Diaz-Tapia, Monica Ly, Heroen Verbruggen
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE | Published : 2020
Abstract
Our knowledge of seaweed diversity and biogeography still largely relies on information derived from morphological identifications, but the use of molecular tools is revealing that cryptic diversity is common among algae. Polysiphonia scopulorum is a turf-forming red alga widely reported in tropical and temperate coasts worldwide. The only study based on material collected from its Australian type locality and the Iberian Peninsula indicates that it is a species complex, but the extent of cryptic diversity across its geographical range is not known. To investigate the species diversity in P. scopulorum, the geographical distribution of species-level lineages and their morphological character..
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Awarded by Xunta de Galicia
Awarded by Bush Blitz Strategic Taxonomy Grant
Awarded by National Taxonomy Research Grant
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by Xunta de Galicia ["Axudas de apoio a etapa de formacion posdoutoral" (grant ED481D/2017/011) and "Talento Senior" (grant 03IN858A2019-1630129) to PDT]. Funding for the field and molecular work was provided by the Australian Biological Resources Study, including participation in a Bush Blitz expedition, a Bush Blitz Strategic Taxonomy Grant (TTC216-03) and a National Taxonomy Research Grant (RFL213-08). Field work in Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania was made possible through funding from the Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment. Sampling in the Mediterranean was made possible through funding from the British Phycological Society.