Two new species of polysiphonia (Ceramiales, Florideophyceae) from the Western Atlantic

Botanica Marina

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 301-311

  Stuercke, Brooke ^a   Freshwater, D Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

new species; Polysiphonia; Polysiphonia kapraunii; Polysiphonia schneideri; rbcL; western Atlantic

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; RED ALGA; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST);

CERAMIALES; FLORIDEOPHYCEAE; POLYSIPHONIA; POLYSIPHONIA DENUDATA; POLYSIPHONIA STRICTA; POLYSIPHONIA URCEOLATA;

EID: 77955488251     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2010.036     Document Type: Article

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