Halimeda pygmaea and Halimeda pumila (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta): two new dwarf species from fore reef slopes in Fiji and the Bahamas

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 04 Sep 2007 United States English Publisher:Informa UK LimitedJournal:Phycologia, volume 46, pages 513-520 (issn: 0031-8884,

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Authors: Verbruggen, Heroen; Littler, Diane S.; Littler, Mark M.;

doi: 10.2216/07-01.1

handle: 10088/2622

Halimeda pygmaea and Halimeda pumila (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta): two new dwarf species from fore reef slopes in Fiji and the Bahamas

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H. VERBRUGGEN, D.S. LITTLER AND M.M. LITTLER. 2007. Halimeda pygmaea and Halimeda pumila (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta): two new dwarf species from fore reef slopes in Fiji and the Bahamas. Phycologia 46: 513–520. DOI: 10.2216/07-01.1 Halimeda pygmaea and Halimeda pumila, two diminutive calcified green algal species, are described from material collected on Fijian and Bahamian reef slopes, respectively. The species resemble Halimeda cryptica in having a single siphon traversing the nodes between subsequent calcified segments and living in sheltered fore-reef slope habitats. They differ from H. cryptica by their diminutive size and various anatomical features. Molecular sequence data (tufA) underpin the identity of H. pygmaea and reveal its phylogenetic position as a sister taxon to H. cryptica in the Halimeda section Micronesicae.

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Keywords

Morphology, 590, Animals --Classification, Phylogeny --Molecular aspects, Halimeda, Caulerpales

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