Species Diversity of the Genus Ulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) in Japanese Waters, with Special Reference to Ulva tepida Masakiyo et S. Shimada sp. nov.
Species Diversity of the Genus Ulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) in Japanese Waters, with Special Reference to Ulva tepida Masakiyo et S. Shimada sp. nov.
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2014-02
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Yuka Masakiyo;S. Shimada
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Yuka Masakiyo;S. Shimada
In order to understand the exact species diversity of Japanese Ulva and Umbraulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta), nrITS2 region was sequenced from 164 specimens of Ulva and Umbraulva collected in Japanese waters from deep seawater around 30 m depth, coastal areas, brackish water to freshwater. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that Japanese Ulva fall into 29 distinct clades that composed of 17 known species and 12 species possessing novel sequences. Japanese Umbraulva was classified into four species, two of which possessed novel sequences. Ulva sp. 5 was morphologically similar to Ulva clathratioides Kraft et al. in gross morphology and number of pyrenoids in cells, and there was only 1 bp difference between them. Ulva sp. 12 had membranous thalli with rhizoids extending the outside on the cell layer in the basal portion, a characteristic reported only from Ulva sublittoralis Segawa. Ulva tepida Masakiyo et S.Shimada sp. nov. (Ulva sp. 3) is characterized by tube-like thalli with simple or radial branching in the basal region, chloroplasts covering the outer wall of cells and having 1–5 pyrenoids (one, 15.6%; two, 54.1%; three, 25.9%; four, 3.7%; and five, 0.7%) in the middle region.