Resurrecting the red algal genus Grania within the order Acrochaetiales (Florideophyceae, Rhodophyta)

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-160

  Clayden, Susan L ^a   Saunders, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrochaetiales; Acrochaetium efflorescens; Colaconema pectinatum; Colaconematales; Grania; Large subunit rDNA; Rhodophyta; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CULTURE; ANATOMY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DNA; LIFE HISTORY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLASTID; RED ALGA; RNA; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ACROCHAETIALES; ACROCHAETIUM; ALGAE; COLACONEMA PECTINATUM; FLORIDEOPHYCEAE; GRANIA; RHODOCHORTON; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 45849133440     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260801896630     Document Type: Article

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