Systematics of the marine microfilamentous green algae Uronema curvatum and Urospora microscopica (Chlorophyta

• Main Authors: Frederik Leliaert, Jan Rueness, Christian Boedeker, Christine A. Maggs, Ellen Cocquyt, Heroen Verbruggen, Olivier, De Clerck
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; Chlorophyta; Cladophorales; green algae; marine; molecular phylogenetics; systematics; taxonomy; Ulvophyceae; Holdfast; Norway; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.549.8060; http://www.phycology.ugent.be/reprints/Uronema_Urospora_EJP.pdf

The microfilamentous green alga Uronema curvatum is widely distributed along the western and eastern coasts of the north Atlantic Ocean where it typically grows on crustose red algae and on haptera of kelps in subtidal habitats. The placement of this marine species in a genus of freshwater Chlorophy...