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| Vieira, Christophe; Morrow, Kathleen; D'Hondt, Sofie; Camacho, Olga; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Payri, Claude E.; De Clerck, Olivier. |
| Distributed in tropical and warm‐temperate waters worldwide, Lobophora species are found across the Greater Caribbean (i.e., Caribbean sensu stricto, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda). We presently discuss the diversity, ecology, biogeography and evolution of the Greater Caribbean Lobophora species based on previous studies and an extensive number of samples collected across the eastern, southern and to a lesser extent western Caribbean. A total of 18 Lobophora species are now documented from the Greater Caribbean, of which five are newly described (L. agardhii sp. nov., L. dickiei sp. nov., L. lamourouxii sp. nov., L. richardii sp. nov. and L. setchellii sp. nov.). Within the Greater Caribbean, the eastern Caribbean and the Central... |
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Palavras-chave: Cox3; Eastern Caribbean; Greater Caribbean; Lobophora; Molecular taxonomy; Western Caribbean. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00614/72570/71525.pdf |
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| Vieira, Christophe; Henriques, Filipe; D'Hondt, Sofie; Neto, Ana; Almada, Carmen H.; Kaufmann, Manfred; Sansón, Marta; Sangil, Carlos; Clerck, Olivier De. |
| The brown alga Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) is an important macroalga in the North‐eastern Atlantic archipelagos (i.e., Macaronesia). Notably in the Canaries it can dominate benthic assemblages. While the genus has been the subject of several ecological studies in the Canaries, no study has yet been conducted to assess species‐level diversity of Lobophora in Macaronesia. We reassessed the diversity of Lobophora in Macaronesia, reporting the presence of seven species (L. caboverdeana sp. nov., L. canariensis, L. dagamae sp. nov., L. delicata, L. dispersa, L. littlerorum, and L. schneideri). Lobophora spp. from Macaronesia are morphologically and ecologically distinguishable. In the Canaries, L. schneideri dominates the photophilic assemblages from... |
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Palavras-chave: Barcoding; Cox3; Macaronesia; Phylogeny; Molecular taxonomy. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00654/76573/77704.pdf |
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| Vieira, Christophe; Stenger, Pierre-louis; Moleana, Thibaud; De Clerck, Olivier; Payri, Claude. |
| The genus Lobophora is a notable benthic algal component of tropical coral reefs, capable of dominating large reef areas following coral mortality and herbivory declines. The alga, however, has been the object of contradictory observations in terms of susceptibility to herbivory. Unaware of the species-richness of this genus, most studies referred to Lobophora variegata, a species assumed to present various morphotypes and chemotypes, occupying diverse ecological niches. Variation in susceptibility to herbivory has been consequently interpreted as intraspecific variation in terms of morphology and chemical composition as well as differences in herbivore guild compositions and diet across different locations (e.g., habitat, reef, region). Recent taxonomic... |
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Palavras-chave: Defense; Escape; Herbivory; Lobophora; Macroalgae. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00503/61491/67518.pdf |
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