Journal article
Molecular diversity of the Caulerpa racemosa-Caulerpa peltata complex (Caulerpaceae, Bryopsidales) in New Caledonia, with new Australasian records for C. racemosa var. cylindracea
T Sauvage, C Payri, SGA Draisma, WFPH Van Reine, H Verbruggen, GS Belton, CFD Gurgel, D Gabriel, AR Sherwood, S Fredericq
Phycologia | Published : 2013
DOI: 10.2216/11-116.1
Abstract
Molecular characterization (plastid-encoded tufA gene) of New Caledonian members of the Caulerpa racemosa-Caulerpa peltata complex identified five lineages, each possibly harboring multiple species-level entities. On a global scale, the complex encompassed six lineages, two of which were pantropical and the remainder seemingly were restricted to the Indo-Pacific basin. Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea, a fast-spreading introduced taxon in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands, was previously thought to be restricted to southwestern Australia; it was newly reported here for New Caledonia and several northern Australian locations, including the Great Barrier Reef.
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Awarded by U.S. National Science Foundation
Awarded by Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
Awarded by Australian Research Council
Awarded by Australian Biological Resource Study grant
Awarded by Direct For Biological Sciences; Division Of Environmental Biology
Funding Acknowledgements
We thank Sofie D'hondt for technical assistance and Martha Diaz-Ruiz and Peter Vroom for providing Caulerpa urvilleana from Rose Atoll (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permit # USFWS-SUP 12521-06011) and Rainbo Dixon and John Huisman for providing samples from the Kimberley, Australia. We also thank the 'Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD) de Noumea' for supporting field collections in NC onboard the Ails Vessel. Support was provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation grants DEB-0743024 and NSF-DEB 0919508; the Schure-Beijerinck-Popping Fund and TREUB maatschappij (Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences); the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research grants ALW-NWO 852.000.50, WOTRO-NVVO R 85-363 and WOTRO-NWO R 85-381; the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis; the Research Centre for Oceanography of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (PPO-LIPI); the NOAA Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative; the Australian Research Council grants ARC Linkage LP0991083 and FT110100585; the Australian Biological Resource Study grant ABRS 209-62; and the Australian Census of Coral Reef Life.