New species of freshwater Ulva, Ulva limnetica (Ulvales, Ulvophyceae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Phycological Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-103

  Ichihara, Kensuke ^a   Arai, Shogo ^b   Uchimura, Masayuki ^c   Fay, Etienne J ^c   Ebata, Hiroki ^d   Hiraoka, Masanori ^e   Shimada, Satoshi ^f  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Marine Algae Research Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d Fuyo Ocean Development and Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Molecular phylogeny; Morphology; RbcL; Taxonomy; Ulva; Ulva limnetica

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CHLOROPLAST; DIVERGENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GREEN ALGA; ISLAND; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; RNA; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ULVA; ULVALES; ULVOPHYCEAE;

EID: 66149088517     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2009.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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