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First record of Caulerpa lentillifera J. Agardh (Bryopsidales,Chlorophyta) from China |
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| Authors: | Dahai Gao Chaohua Huang Jianting Yao Yongqiang Wang Wei Tan |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Marine Organism Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, People’s Republic of China;2. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Institute of Product Quality Inspection, Nanning, People’s Republic of China;3. Academy of Marine and Fishery of Hainan Province, Haikou, People’s Republic of China |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACTAn edible green algal species Caulerpa lentillifera J. Agardh is reported from China for the first time. The species was collected from the southwest of Hainan Island and morphologically identified to be C. lentillifera based on the grape-like branches arising from cylindrical stolons. Phylogenetic analysis using tufA and rbcL DNA sequences also confirmed the monophyly of C. lentillifera-microphysa clade. |
| Keywords: | Bryopsidales Caulerpa lentillifera first record |