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Taxonomic insights into caulerpa (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) species in French ...
Lagourgue, Laura; Sauvage, Thomas; Zubia, Mayalen; Draisma, Stefano G. A.; Vieira, António Carlos; Engelen, Aschwin; Payri, Claude E.Caulerpa J.V. Lamouroux is a genus of green macroalgae belonging to the family Caulerpaceae in the order Bryopsidales. The genus comprises 104 currently accepted species, of which 51 have been recorded from Pacific Islands. Among these islands, French Polynesia is found in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean and includes five archipelagos (i.e., the Austral, Gambier, Marquesas, Society, and Tuamotu Islands) w...
Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the western Indian Ocean: diversity ...
Vieira, Christophe; Rasoamanendrika, Faravavy A.; Zubia, Mayalen; Bolton, John J.; Anderson, Robert J.; Engelen, Aschwin; D'hondt, SofieThe brown algal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) is an important ecological component of tropical marine systems. Although still scantily sampled, 35 species of Lobophora were discovered previously from the western Indian Ocean. This study updates previous diversity estimates by incorporating recent collections from Madagascar, Mozambique, and the Red Sea, considerably improving our knowledge of Lobo...
Concise review of the genus Caulerpa J.V. Lamouroux
Zubia, Mayalen; Draisma, Stefano G. A.; Morrissey, Kathryn Lee; Varela-Álvarez, Elena; De Clerck, OlivierThe genus Caulerpa is highly diverse, especially in the Caribbean Sea, the Indo-Malay archipelago and the temperate waters of southern Australia. Currently, more than 100 species are recognized worldwide. Despite recent advances in taxonomy and phylogeny, there is still confusion about the delimitation and identification of some species due to tremendous phenotypic plasticity. Caulerpa is known to occupy a wide...