Distribution of Lithophyllum kuroshioense sp. nov., Lithophyllum subtile and L. kaiseri (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), but not L. kotschyanum, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean
Distribution of Lithophyllum kuroshioense sp. nov., Lithophyllum subtile and L. kaiseri (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), but not L. kotschyanum, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean
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黑潮石藻 (Lithophyllum kuroshioense sp.) 分布
DOI:
10.1080/00318884.2019.1643200
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发表时间:
2019
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影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Baba Masasuke
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文献类型:
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作者:
Kato Aki;Baba Masasuke
Lithophyllum kotschyanumhad been widely reported across the tropical Red Sea and the Indo-Pacific Ocean based on morpho-anatomical identification. We conducted a taxonomic study, based on morpho-anatomical and gene sequence data (psbA,rbcL, COI and LSU), of branchedLithophyllumspecimens ascribed toL. kotschyanumin Japan and the Philippines, and of the type specimen ofL. kotschyanumf.subtilisdescribed from the Caroline Islands, a taxon not yet revised in a modern context. Sequence comparisons could not confirm the presence ofL. kotschyanum, and instead, recognisedL. kuroshioense sp. nov. andL. subtile comb. & stat. nov. in addition to a widespread tropical taxon,L. kaiseri. The three species shared warty to fruticose thalli.Lithophyllum kuroshioenseis morpho-anatomically distinguished fromL. kaiseriby the trichocyte occurrence (rare vs abundant) and proportion of sunken tetra/bisporangial conceptacle roofs (22.8% vs 1.8%).Lithophyllum subtileis morpho-anatomically distinct fromL. kaiseriandL. kuroshioenseby its comparatively smaller tetra/bisporangial conceptacle chamber diameters (192–293 µm vs 268–390 µm and 263–400 µm, respectively) and by its shorter pore canal lengths (11–46 µm vs 40–86 µm and 40–71 µm, respectively). Trichocyte development is of theJania rubens-type inL. kuroshioense, and of theMetagoniolithon-type inL. kaiseriandL. subtile. This study showed that at least three branched, trichocyte-bearing species ofLithophyllumoccur in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, none of which isL. kotschyanum.