Prasiola (Prasiolales,Trebouxiophyceae) in Japan: a survey of freshwater populations and new records of marine taxa |
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| Authors: | Judy E Sutherland Masahiko Miyata Motoyasu Ishikawa Wendy A Nelson |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;2. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand;3. Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, Japan;4. Department of Food and Nutrition, Nihon University College of International Relations, Mishima, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Recent collections from marine and freshwater locations have enabled the investigation of diversity of Prasiola in Japan. Sequence data from the rbc L and tuf A markers revealed the presence of three marine species and one freshwater species. Prasiola delicata was confirmed to occur on Daikokujima, Prasiola calophylla was found for the first time in Japan from Hokkaido, and a species within the P. meridionalis/linearis/stipitata complex was found on both Hokkaido and Daikokujima. Collections from a range of populations of freshwater Prasiola, identified here as P. japonica, were found to be conspecific and identical in rbc L and tuf A sequences to freshwater collections from Nepal, Korea, and China. |
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| Keywords: |
Japan molecular phylogeny
Prasiola japonica
Prasiolales
rbc
L
tuf
A
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