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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
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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.

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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