Asterocladon lobatum gen. et sp. nov., a new brown alga with stellate chloroplast arrangement, and its systematic position judged from nuclear rDNA sequences

Phycologia

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 425-432

  Müller, Dieter G ^a   Parodi, Elisa R ^b   Peters, Akira F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASTEROCLADON LOBATUM; ASTERONEMA FERRUGINEA; ASTERONEMA RHODOCHORTONOIDES; BACHELOTIA ANTILLARUM; ECTOCARPALES; EUKARYOTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SCYTOTHAMNALES;

EID: 0032323851     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-37-6-425.1     Document Type: Article

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