Reinstatement of Ectocarpus crouaniorum Thuret in Le Jolis as a third common species of Ectocarpus (Ectocarpales,Phaeophyceae) in Western Europe,and its phenology at Roscoff,Brittany |
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Authors: | Akira F. Peters Serinde J. Van Wijk Ga Youn Cho Delphine Scornet Takeaki Hanyuda Hiroshi Kawai Declan C. Schroeder J. Mark Cock Sung Min Boo |
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Affiliation: | 1. UMR7139, Station Biologique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, Place Georges Teissier, Roscoff, France;2. Bezhin Rosko, 28 route de Perharidy, Roscoff, France;3. Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, UK;4. Present address: Bezhin Rosko, 28 route de Perharidy, 29680 Roscoff, France.;5. Present address: Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK;6. Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea;7. Present address: Division of Non‐vascular Plants, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 404‐708, Korea;8. Kobe University Research Center for Inland Seas, Rokkodai, Kobe, Japan |
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Abstract: | Based on morphological characters, cross‐fertility and molecular systematics, two species are currently recognized in the ubiquitous temperate brown algal genus Ectocarpus: the type species E. siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye and E. fasciculatus Harvey. We studied diversity, cross‐fertility and ecology of Ectocarpus in megatidal areas in northwest France (Western Europe) and propose to reinstate a third species, E. crouaniorum Thuret in Le Jolis. Genotyping of 67 individuals from five localities, including the type locality of E. crouaniorum, using internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) length as a marker, showed that the three species co‐occurred whenever the habitat was suitable. Our survey also revealed a single putative field hybrid between E. crouaniorum and E. siliculosus, and a single individual of a further Ectocarpus genotype. In laboratory experiments, E. crouaniorum was crossed with E. siliculosus and E. fasciculatus. In 12 of 13 crosses, the zygotes did not develop (postzygotic sterility); in one experiment a viable hybrid was produced after crossing a female E. crouaniorum with a male E. siliculosus, but this hybrid was unable to form meiospores. Phylogenetic analysis of five molecular markers from the nuclear, mitochondrial and plastid genomes (in total 1818 bp) confirmed genetic separation of the three species. Ecologically, E. crouaniorum was confined to high intertidal pools and run‐offs, where the gametophyte was common from spring to summer. Another characteristic was that it usually occurred as an epiphyte of up to 12 cm in length on erect thalli of Scytosiphon lomentaria. Sporophytes of E. crouaniorum were found all year long; they were <3 cm in size or microscopic and were epilithic in the same habitat. The presence of a third species of Ectocarpus in Western Europe suggests that species diversity in this genus is larger than recognized during the last 40 years. |
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Keywords: | biological species Ectocarpus genotyping hybrid internal transcribed spacer 1 length phenology phylogeny post‐zygotic sterility taxonomy |
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