Choreonema (Corallinales, Rhodophyta): 18S rDNA phylogeny and resurrection of the Hapalidiaceae for the subfamilies Choreonematoideae, Austrolithoideae, and Melobesioideae

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 988-998

  Harvey, Adele S ^a   Broadwater, Sharon T ^b   Woelkerling, William J ^a   Mitrovski, Paul J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

18s rDNA phylogeny; Austrolithoideae; Choreonema; Choreonematoideae; Corallinaceae; Corallinales; Hapalidiaceae; Melobesioideae; Sporolithaceae

Indexed keywords

ALGA; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SUBSPECIES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHOREONEMA; CHOREONEMA THURETII; CHOREONEMATOIDEAE; CORALLINACEAE; CORALLINALES; EUKARYOTA; HAPALIDIACEAE; MELOBESIOIDEAE; RHODOPHYTA; SPOROLITHACEAE;

EID: 0142126866     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02158.x     Document Type: Article

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