Taxonomic notes on Caribbean Neosiphonia and Polysiphonia (Ceramiales, Florideophyceae): Five species from Florida, USA and Mexico

Botanica Marina

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-292

  Mamoozadeh, Nadya R ^a   Freshwater, D Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean Mexico; Florida; molecular assisted identification; Neosiphonia; Polysiphonia

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION KEY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; RED ALGA; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY;

CARIBBEAN COAST [MEXICO]; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CERAMIALES; FLORIDEOPHYCEAE; NEOSIPHONIA; POLYSIPHONIA;

EID: 79959465326     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2011.036     Document Type: Article

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