Sebdenia cerebriformis sp. nov. (Sebdeniaceae, Sebdeniales) from the south and western Pacific Ocean |
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| Authors: | Antoine D.R. N'Yeurt Claude E. Payri |
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| Affiliation: | UnitéMixte de Recherche 7138 Systématique, Adaptation, Evolution, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement-Nouméa –BPA5, 98848 Nouméa cedex, New Caledonia and;Universitéde la Polynésie française, BP6570 Faa'a, 98702 Tahiti, French Polynesia |
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| Abstract: | A new species of red alga, Sebdenia cerebriformis N'Yeurt et Payri sp. nov. (Sebdeniaceae, Sebdeniales), is described from various localities in the south and western Pacific including Fiji, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Indonesia (Java Sea). The new species is characterized by a ruffled thallus with multiple perennial stipitate holdfasts, large conspicuous inner cortical stellate cells, and a lax filamentous medulla. |
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| Keywords: | Fiji New Caledonia new species Rhodophyta Sebdenia cerebriformis sp. nov. Sebdeniaceae Solomon Islands South Pacific taxonomy Vanuatu |
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