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The new species Codium recurvatum from Tanzania |
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| Authors: | Heroen Verbruggen Klaas Pauly Olivier De Clerck |
| Affiliation: | 1. Phycology Research Group and Center for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution , Ghent University , Krijgslaan 281, Building S8, 9000 Ghent , Belgium heroen.verbruggen@gmail.com;3. Phycology Research Group and Center for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution , Ghent University , Krijgslaan 281, Building S8, 9000 Ghent , Belgium |
| Abstract: | Codium recurvatum is described from material collected on a Tanzanian reef slope. The diminutive species is easily recognized by its unusual morphology, as its thallus consists of several dorsiventrally flattened lobes originating from a central holdfast and curving back towards the substratum. DNA barcodes (rbcL exon 1 and tufA) confirm the distinctness of the species and the phylogenetic placement of the new species is inferred from a concatenated alignment of rbcL and rps3–rpl16 sequences. |
| Keywords: | Bryopsidales Chlorophyta Codium recurvatum molecular phylogeny morphology Tanzania taxonomy |