A DNA barcode examination of the red algal family Dumontiaceae in Canadian waters reveals substantial cryptic species diversity. 1. The foliose Dilsea-Neodilsea complex and Weeksia

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 773-789

  Saunders, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; DNA barcode; Dumontiaceae; Florideophyceae; Gigartinales; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CRYPSIS; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RED ALGA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; DILSEA; DILSEA CALIFORNICA; DILSEA INTEGRA; DUMONTIACEAE; EUKARYOTA; FLORIDEOPHYCEAE; GIGARTINALES; NEODILSEA; NEODILSEA BOREALIS; WEEKSIA; WEEKSIA COCCINEA; WEEKSIA RETICULATA;

EID: 47649094434     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-001     Document Type: Article

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