Document Type
Article
Department
Biology
Publication Date
6-2018
Abstract
Cryptonemia specimens collected in Bermuda over the past two decades were analysed using gene sequences encoding the large subunit of the nuclear ribosomal DNA and the large subunit of RuBisCO as genetic markers to elucidate their phylogenetic positions. They were additionally subjected to morphological assessment and compared with historical collections from the islands. Six species are presently found in the flora including C. bermudensis comb. nov., based on Halymenia bermudensis, and the following five new species: C. abyssalis, C. antricola, C. atrocostalis, C. lacunicola and C. perparva. Of the eight species known in the western Atlantic flora prior to this study, none is found in Bermuda. Specimens reported in the islands in the 1900s attributed to C. crenulataand C. luxurians are representative of the new species, C. antricola and C. atrocostalis, respectively.
Publication Title
European Journal of Phycology
Volume
53
Issue
3
First Page
350
Last Page
368
DOI
10.1080/09670262.2018.1452297
Comments
Author's accepted manuscript provided by Trinity College Digital Repository according to publisher's distribution policies. Published version available:
Craig W. Schneider, Christopher E. Lane ’99, and Gary W. Saunders. “A Revision of the Genus Cryptonemia (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) in Bermuda, Western Atlantic Ocean, Including Five New Species and C. bermudensis (Collins & M. Howe) comb. nov.” European Journal of Phycology 53, no. 3 (2018): 350-368.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2018.1452297