Journal article
Rhipilia coppejansii, a new coral reef-associated species from guam (bryopsidales, chlorophyta)
H Verbruggen, T Schils
Journal of Phycology | WILEY-BLACKWELL | Published : 2012
Abstract
The new species Rhipilia coppejansii is described from Guam. This species, which has the external appearance of a Chlorodesmis species, features tenacula upon microscopical examination, a diagnostic character of Rhipilia. This unique morphology, along with the tufA and rbcL data presented herein, set this species apart from others in the respective genera. Phylogenetic analyses show that the taxon is nested within the Rhipiliaceae. We discuss the diversity and possible adaptation of morphological types in the Udoteaceae and Rhipiliaceae. © 2012 Phycological Society of America.
Grants
Awarded by Research Foundation - Flanders
Awarded by US Fish and Wildlife Service through the Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources
Awarded by NOAA
Funding Acknowledgements
We thank Sofie D'hondt for generating the sequence data. We are very grateful to Kyatt Dixon, Fred Gurgel, and John Huisman for providing the Rhipilia pusilla, R. nigrescens, and R. orientalis specimens used in this study. Funding was provided by the Research Foundation - Flanders (grant G.0142.05 and postdoctoral fellowship to HV), the US Fish and Wildlife Service through the Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources (grant F-1R-15), and the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program through the Guam Coastal Management Program (grant CRIGU08-67). We thank the reviewers or our manuscript (Daryl Lam and Peter Vroom) for their constructive comments, and associate editor Fabio Rindi for handling our manuscript and helping with the Latin diagnosis.