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1 February 2012 A Second Species of Rhodachlya (Rhodachlyales, Rhodophyta) from Hawaii, with a Description of R.hawaiiana sp. nov.
Akira Kurihara, John A. West, Kimberly Y. Conklin, Alison R. Sherwood
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Rhodachlya hawaiiana Kurihara, J.A. West, Conklin et A.R. Sherwood sp. nov. is described based on cultured material from the island of Hawaii as the second member of the genus Rhodachlya. The pit plug ultrastructure of this alga is characterized by the presence of inner and outer cap layers but lacking a cap membrane between the layers, which is a diagnostic feature of the order Rhodachlyales and the genus Rhodachlya. Morphologically, R. hawaiiana is distinctive from R. madagascarensis in vegetative cell dimensions, frequency of colorless hair cell formation, and spore germination pattern. Rhodachlya hawaiiana and R. madagascarensis are also distinguishable by their nuclear SSU rRNA gene sequence divergence (p-distance = 0.0064), which is comparable to other species-level divergences among members of the Nemaliophycidae.

Rhodachlya hawaiiana Kurihara, J.A. West, Conklin et Sherwood sp. nov., décrite à partir de materiel cultivé provenant de l'île d'Hawaii, est la seconde espèce appartenant au genre Rhodachlya. L'ultrastructure des synapses de cette algue montre la présence d'une couche interne et d'une couche externe recouvrant le bouchon synaptique, sans membrane de revêtement entre les couches, ce qui est une des caractéristiques de l'ordre des Rhodachlyales. Morphologiquement R. hawaiiana diffère de R. madagascarensis par la taille de ses cellules végétatives, par la fréquence des cellules formant des poils hyalins et par le mode de germination des spores. Ils diffèrent aussi par la séquence de leur SSU rRNA avec une divergence (p-distance=0.0064) comparable à d'autres divergences entre espèces parmi les Nemaliophycidae.

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Akira Kurihara, John A. West, Kimberly Y. Conklin, and Alison R. Sherwood "A Second Species of Rhodachlya (Rhodachlyales, Rhodophyta) from Hawaii, with a Description of R.hawaiiana sp. nov.," Cryptogamie, Algologie 33(1), 21-33, (1 February 2012). https://doi.org/10.7872/crya.v33.iss1.2011.021
Published: 1 February 2012
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KEYWORDS
Hawaii
Rhodachlya hawaiiana
Rhodachlyales
Rhodophyta
SSU rRNA
taxonomie
taxonomy
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