Proposals to recognize Petalonia tenella comb. nov. and to resurrect Hapterophycus canaliculatus (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae)
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Abstract
The brown algal family Scytosiphonaceae has recently received considerable attention resulting in the description of several new genera and species. However, members of the genus Scytosiphon and Petalonia remain polyphyletic. By integrating multi-gene phylogenetic data (mitochondrial cox3 and plastid psaA and rbcL genes) with their known morpho-anatomies and life histories, we herein resurrect Hapterophycus canaliculatus, currently considered a member of genus Scytosiphon, and transfer Scytosiphon tenellus to the genus Petalonia.
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Publication
Botanica Marina, 62(2)
Wilfred John E. Santiañez
Assistant Professor
&
Collections Manager,
G.T. Velasquez Phycological Herbarium
My research interests include seaweed biodiversity and systematics, seaweed molecular phylogenetics, seaweed ecology, seaweed cultivation, and coastal resources management.