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Description of ten new Lobophora species from the Bismarck Sea (Papua New Guinea)
Vieira, C.; De Clerck, O.; Millet, L.; Payri, C.E. (2019). Description of ten new Lobophora species from the Bismarck Sea (Papua New Guinea). Phycol. Res. 67(3): 228-238. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pre.12372
In: Phycological Research. Blackwell: Carlton, Vic.. ISSN 1322-0829; e-ISSN 1440-1835
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Keyword
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Bismarck Sea; cox3; diversity; Lobophora; New Ireland; Papua New Guinea;psbA; rbcL
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  • Vieira, C.
  • De Clerck, O.
  • Millet, L.
  • Payri, C.E.
Abstract
    Sampling in the framework of the research program called ‘La Planète Revisitée’ in Kavieng and Madang (Papua New Guinea) brought thus far unknown diversity of the brown algal genus Lobophora to the surface. DNA‐assisted alpha taxonomy allowed identifying the presence of 16 species Lobophora from these two localities, which only share four species in common. Ten species are newly described, including four, which are only known to the Bismarck Sea. A more exhaustive sampling across the Bismarck Sea, and more largely across the Coral Triangle, will very likely unveil an even greater diversity. The present study underscores the fragmentary nature of our knowledge of macroalgal diversity in this region.
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