The genus Melobesia (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from the subtropical South Atlantic, with the addition of M. rosanoffii (Foslie) Lemoine

The calcareous crusted epiphytic algae are a group of extremely delicate, fragile and poorly studied algae. The subfamily Melobesioideae (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) includes the genus Melobesia, which has no record of molecular analysis.However, thanks to measurement data, it was possible to fin...

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Published in:Phytotaxa
Main Authors: Borges, Vanessa Poletto, Bastos, Eduardo, Batista, Manuela Bernardes, Bouzon, Zenilda, Lhullier, Cintia, Schmidt, Eder Carlos, Sissini, Marina Nasri, Horta, Paulo Antunes
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Phytotaxa 2014
Subjects:
Coralline red algae
Epiphyte crustose coralline
Hapalidiaceae
Brazil
Algae
South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:http://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.190.1.16
https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.190.1.16
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Summary:The calcareous crusted epiphytic algae are a group of extremely delicate, fragile and poorly studied algae. The subfamily Melobesioideae (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) includes the genus Melobesia, which has no record of molecular analysis.However, thanks to measurement data, it was possible to find enough similarity for taxonomic identification of two species: Melobesia rosanoffii (Foslie) Lemoine, described for the first time in South Atlantic Ocean, and Melobesia membranacea (Esper) Lamouroux, first described in southern Brazil. The group has undergone several changes of classification from animals to plants. Today crusty coralline algae have great importance due to the possibility of easy spore dispersal between oceans.

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