Platoma chrysymenioides sp. nov. (Schizymeniaceae), and Sebdenia integra sp. nov. (Sebdeniaceae), two new red algal species from the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, with a phylogenetic assessment of the Cryptonemiales complex (Rhodophyta)

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-57

  Gavio, Brigitte ^a,b   Hickerson, Emma ^c   Fredericq, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAGDALENA   (Colombia)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; RED ALGA; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; CRYPTONEMIALES; NEMASTOMATACEAE; NEMASTOMATALES; PLATOMA; PLATOMA CHRYSYMENIOIDES; RHODOPHYTA; RHODYMENIALES; SCHIZYMENIACEAE; SEBDENIA; SEBDENIA INTEGRA; SEBDENIACEAE; TSENGIACEAE;

EID: 24344453029     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.2301.05     Document Type: Article

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