A5031916327- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
Universidade de São Paulo
2015-2021
Gracilariaceae are mostly pantropical red algae and include ~230 species in seven genera. Infrafamilial classification of the group has long been based on reproductive characters, but previous phylogenies have shown that traditionally circumscribed groups not monophyletic. We performed phylogenetic analyses using two plastid (universal amplicon rbc L) one mitochondrial ( cox 1) loci from a greatly expanded number taxa to better assess generic relationships understand patterns character...
Species in the genus Gracilaria that display conspicuously flattened vegetative morphologies are a taxonomically challenging group of marine benthic red algae. This is result their species richness, morphological similarity, and broad phenotypic plasticity. Within this group, domingensis complex one most common, conspicuous, morphologically variable along tropical western Atlantic Ocean. Previous research has identified members belong to two distantly related clades. However, despite...
The Gracilariaceae comprises 242 mainly tropical species, including some with significant economic value for the food and pharmaceutical industry. Accurate taxonomy is crucial selection of species cultivation. However, identification still challenging taxonomists. Nineteen have so far been referred to Brazilian coast. We describe this diversity across approximately 32 degrees latitude, using mitochondrial (COI-5P) plastid (UPA rbcL) markers in delimitation analyses (ABGD SPN). provide...
A new flat species of Gracilaria, named Gracilaria silviae sp. nov., from the western Atlantic Ocean is described based on comparative morphological and molecular analyses three markers: gene encoding cytochrome oxidase I (cox1), Universal Plastid Amplicon (UPA) large subunit ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (rbcL). has a wide geographic distribution Indian River, Florida, USA, to Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, range habit phenotypes. Across this occupies broad habitats,...