Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 574 No. 2: 29 November 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-11-29
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.574.2.2
Page range: 137-148
Abstract views: 309
PDF downloaded: 3

Meristotheca lysonensis sp. nov. (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta), a new flattened species from Vietnamese waters

Institute of Oceanography, Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology, 01 Cau Da, Nha Trang City, Viet Nam. Graduate University of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
Institute of Oceanography, Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology, 01 Cau Da, Nha Trang City, Viet Nam.
Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 410 E. St. Mary Blvd., Lafayette, LA 70503, USA.
Marine Science Department, University of Hawaii-Hilo 200 W. Kawili St. Hilo, HI 96720, USA.
Meristotheca morphology new species phylogeny Viet Nam Aglae

Abstract

This study presents a new flattened species of Meristotheca collected from southern Viet Nam. Meristotheca lysonensis sp. nov. is proposed based upon several morphological characters and genetic differences when compared to the closely related species documented in Southeast Asia: M. procumbens. This new species shows larger size and blade thickness, as well as both basal and lateral pit-connections between tetrasporangia and the parental supporting cells. The phylogenetic analyses also support Meristotheca lysonensis as a new species.

References

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ang, P.O., Leung, S.M. & Choi, M.M. (2013) A verification of reports of marine algal species from the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 142: 5–49.</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Belous, O.S., Titlyanov, E.A. & Titlyanova, T.V. (2021) Decadal comparison (1950-2020) of benthic marine flora from Central and Southern Vietnam. Phytotaxa 521: 249–288. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.521.4.3</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Borlongan, I.A., Terada, R. and Hurtado, A. (2021) Concise review of the genus Meristotheca (Rhodophyta: Solieriaceae). Journal of Applied Phycology 33: 167–181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-020-02288-w</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dam, D.T. & Do, H.C. (2016) Species composition and distribution of seaweeds from some small islands (Nam Yet, Son Ca, Song Tu Tay, Sinh Ton) of Truong Sa Archipelago. Vietnam Journal of Marine Science and Technology 16: 297–305. https://doi.org/10.15625/1859-3097/16/3/8124</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Darriba, D., Taboada, G.L., Doallo, R. & Posada, D. (2012) jModelTest 2: More models, new heuristics and parallel computing. Nature Methods 9: 772–772. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2109</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Faye, E.J., Kogame, K., Shimada, S., Kawaguchi, S. & Masuda, M. (2007) Taxonomic features of the red alga Meristotheca coacta (Solieriaceae, Gigartinales). Phycological Research 55: 150–158. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2007.00458.x</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Faye, E.J., Kogame, K., Shimada, S., Kawaguchi, S. & Masuda, M. (2008) New red alga Meristotheca imbricata (Solieriaceae, Gigartinales) from Japan. Phycological Research 56: 115–126. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2008.00492.x</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Faye, E.J., Shimada, S., Kawaguchi, S. & Masuda, M. (2005) Characterization of the edible red alga Meristotheca papulosa (Solieriaceae, Gigartinales) from Japan. Phycological Research 53: 234–245. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-183.2005.00391.x</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Faye, E.J., Shimada, S., Kogame, K. & Masuda, M. (2004) A new red algal species Meristotheca dakarensis (Solieriaceae, Gigartinales) from Senegal, western Africa, with comments on the relegation of Meristiella Cheny to synonymy with Meristotheca J. Agardh. Cryptogamie Algologie 25: 241–259.</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Freshwater, D.W. & Rueness, J. (1994) Phylogenetic relationships of some European Gelidium (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) species, based on rbcL nucleotide sequence analysis. Phycologia 33: 187–194. https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-33-3-187.1</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gabrielson, P.W. & Kraft, G.T. (1984) The marine algae of Lord Howe Island (N.S.W.): The family Solieriaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Brunonia 7: 217–251. https://doi.org/10.1071/BRU9840217</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2022) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication. National University of Ireland, Galway. Available from: http://www.algaebase.org (Accessed 22 March 2022)</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kang, J.C. & Kim, M.S. (2013) A novel species Symphyocladia glabra sp. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) from Korea based on morphological and molecular analyses. Algae 28: 149–160. https://doi.org/10.4490/algae.2013.28.2.149</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Katoh, K. & Standley, D.M. (2013) MAFFT multiple sequence alignment software version 7: improvements in performance and usability. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30: 772–780. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mst010</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kumar, S., Stecher, G., Li, M., Knyaz, C. & Tamura, K. (2018) MEGA X: Molecular evolutionary genetics analysis across computing platforms. Molecular Biology and Evolution 35: 1547–1549. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy096</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Le, H.N., Muangmai, N., Kheauthong, S., Sun, Z. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2020) Gracilaria phuquocensis sp. nov., a new flattened Gracilaria species (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta), previously recognized as G. mammillaris, from the southern coast of Vietnam. Phycological Research 68: 50–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12394</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Le, N.H., Bui, M.L., Tran, V.H. & Vo, T.T. (2015) New records of marine algae in Vietnam. Ocean Science Journal 50: 221–229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-015-0019-z</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">N’Yeurt, A.D. (1995) Meristotheca procumbens P. Gabrielsonet et Kraft (Gigartinals, Solieriaceae): An edible seaweed from Rotuma Island. South Pacific Journal of Natural Science 14: 243–250.</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nguyen-Nhat, N.-T., Dao, V.-H. & Nguyen, X.V. (2019) New record of the rare brown alga Dictyota hauckiana from Vietnam. Botanica Marina 62: 599–603. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2019-0024</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nguyen, H.D. & Pham, H.T. (2003) Some new records of marine algae from Vietnam. Collection of Marine Research Works 13: 95–104.</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nguyen, H.D., Pham, H.T. & Nguyen, X.V. (2009) Species composition and resources of seaweed and seagrass of Phu Quy Island, Binh Thuan province. Collection of Marine Research Works 16: 225–243. </span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nguyen, V.T., Le, N.H., Lin, S.M., Steen, F. & De Clerck, O. (2013) Checklist of the marine macroalgae of Vietnam. Botanica Marina 56: 207–227. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2013-0010</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nguyen, X.V., Nguyen-Nhat, N.T., Nguyen, T.X.T., Nguyen, T.M.N., Dao, V.H. & McDermid, K.J. (2021) Three new records of marine macroalgae from Viet Nam based on morphological observations and molecular analyses. Pacific Science 75: 497–512. https://doi.org/10.2984/75.4.3</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Núñez-Resendiz, M.L., Dreckmann, K.M. & Sentíes, A. (2017) Meristotheca cylindrica sp. nov. (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta) from the southern Gulf of Mexico. Phycologia 56: 423–429. https://doi.org/10.2216/16-116.1</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Núñez-Resendiz, M.L., Dreckmann, K.M., Sentíes, A. & León-Tejera, H.P. (2019) Meristotheca spinella Núñez-Resendiz, Dreckmann et Sentíes, sp. nov. (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta) a new cylindrical species from the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Cryptogamie Algologie 40: 63–72. https://doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2019v40a6</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Phang, S.M., Yeong, H.Y., Ganzon-Fortes, E.T., Lewmanomont, K., Prathep, A., Gerung, G.S. & Tan, K.S. (2016) Marine algae of the South China Sea bordered by Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 34: 13–59.</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ronquist, F., Teslenko, M., van der Mark, P., Ayres, D.L., Darling, A., Höhna, S., Larget, B., Liu, L., Suchard, M.A. & Huelsenbeck, J.P. (2012) MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian phylogenetic inference and model choice across a large model space. Systematic Biology 61: 539–542. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/sys029</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Saunders, G.W. & Moore, T.E. (2013) Refinements for the amplification and sequencing of red algal DNA barcode and RedToL phylogenetic markers: A summary of current primers, profiles and strategies. Algae 28: 31–43. https://doi.org/10.4490/algae.2013.28.1.031</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Schneider, C.W., Peterson, E.S. & Saunders, G.W. (2020) Two new species of Solieriaceae (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) from the euphotic and mesophotic zones off Bermuda, Meristotheca odontoloma and Tepoztequiella muriamans. Phycologia 59: 177–185. https://doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2020.1719326</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stamatakis, A. (2014) RAxML version 8: A tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies. Bioinformatics 30: 1312–1313. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btu033</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Verheij, E. & Prud’homme van Reine, W.F. (1993) Seaweeds of the Spermonde Archipelago, SW Sulawesi, Indonesia. Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 37: 385–510.</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wang, H.W., Kawaguchi, S., Horiguchi, T. & Masuda, M. (2000) Reinstatement of Grateloupia catenata (Rhodophyta, Halymeniaceae) on the basis of morphology and rbcL sequences. Phycologia 39: 228–237. https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-39-3-228.1</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Watt, N.J., Chiovitti, A., Craik, D.J. & Kraft, G.T. (2003) The cell wall galactans from Australian representatives of the genus Meristotheca (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 42: 572–581. https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-42-6-572.1</span></span></span>

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yoder, M., De Ley, I.T., Wm King, I., Mundo-Ocampo, M., Mann, J., Blaxter, M., Poiras, L. & De Ley, P. (2006) DESS: a versatile solution for preserving morphology and extractable DNA of nematodes. Nematology 8: 367–376. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854106778493448</span></span></span>

How to Cite

Nguyen, X.-V., Nguyen, X.-T., Kittle Iii, R.P. & Mcdermid, K.J. (2022)

Meristotheca lysonensis sp. nov. (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta), a new flattened species from Vietnamese waters

. Phytotaxa 574 (2): 137–148. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.574.2.2