Molecular diversity of the Caulerpa racemosa-Caulerpa peltata complex (Caulerpaceae, Bryopsidales) in New Caledonia, with new Australasian records for C. racemosa var. cylindracea
Sauvage, T.; Payri, C.; Draisma, S.G.A.; van Reine, W.F.P.; Verbruggen, H.; Belton, G.S.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Gabriel, D.; Sherwood, A.R.; Fredericq, S. (2013). Molecular diversity of the Caulerpa racemosa-Caulerpa peltata complex (Caulerpaceae, Bryopsidales) in New Caledonia, with new Australasian records for C. racemosa var. cylindracea. Phycologia 52(1): 6-13. dx.doi.org/10.2216/11-116.1 In: Phycologia. International Phycological Society: Odense. ISSN 0031-8884; e-ISSN 2330-2968, more |  |
| Keywords | Caulerpa J.V.Lamouroux, 1809 [WoRMS]; Caulerpa peltata J.V.Lamouroux, 1809 [WoRMS]; Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J.Agardh, 1873 [WoRMS]; Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Sonder) Verlaque, Huisman & Boudouresque, 2003 [WoRMS]; Caulerpa taxifolia (M.Vahl) C.Agardh, 1817 [WoRMS]
| | Author keywords | Alien; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Caulerpa; C. peltata; C. racemosa; C.racemosa var. cylindracea; C. taxifolia; Invasive; New Caledonia;Seaweed; tufA |
| Authors | | Top | - Sauvage, T.
- Payri, C.
- Draisma, S.G.A.
- van Reine, W.F.P.
| - Verbruggen, H., more
- Belton, G.S.
- Gurgel, C.F.D.
| - Gabriel, D.
- Sherwood, A.R.
- Fredericq, S.
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| 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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