Molecular evidence of the presence of Dictyota dichotoma in Argentina based on sequences from mtDNA and cpDNA and a discussion of its possible origin

• Published in: New Zealand Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Pereira Lopes Filho, Erick Alves, Salgueiro, Fabiano, Mattos Nascimento, Silvia, Gauna, Maria Cecilia, Parodi, Elisa Rosalia, Campos De Paula, Joel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Rsnz Publishing
• Subjects: DICTYOTACEAE; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; EXOTIC SPECIES; PSBA; RBCL; NAD1; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Argentine; Silvia; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/28855

Dictyota is a brown alga genus inhabiting tropical to warm temperate environments where it performs an important ecological role, such as a food source, shelter and substrate to several species of invertebrates and other algae. The taxonomy of this genus is troublesome, with poor species delimitatio...