Acanthophora dendroides Harvey (Rhodomelaceae), a new record for the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

By

Garcia-Soto, Gabriela
Lopez-Bautista, Juan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-6-21

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

15

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

509--514

Subjects

Atlantic Ocean , Philippines , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/15.3.509

 

Abstract

We record Acanthophora dendroides Harvey for the first time in the Atlantic Ocean. Two specimens from the Philippines were resolved as conspecific to the Atlantic A. dendroides in molecular analyses extending its geographic range to the Philippines. In light of new evidence provided by field-collected specimens of Acanthophora spicifera (M.Vahl) Børgesen (generitype) from Florida and Venezuela, the flattened species A. pacifica (Setchell) Kraft, showed no affinity to Acanthophora sensu stricto, suggesting that the genus should be restricted to cylindrical species only.