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- Got Talent: Peyssonnelia globally showcases its skillsPublication . Gabriel, Daniela; Krayesky, David; Norris, James N.; Schmidt, William E.; Schils, Tom; Fredericq, SuzanneABSTRACT: The crust forming genus Peyssonnelia Decaisne is a taxon of great ecological importance, with some species involved in the establishment of rhodoliths. Comparative morphological and molecular analyses demonstrate a greater diversity of peyssonnelioid species than was previously reported. In chloroplast-encoded rbcL-based trees, species referred to as Peyssonnelia in the literature do not group together, but are scattered among other genera that were not currently placed in the Peyssonneliaceae. Two recently reported genera for the Gulf of Mexico, “ Polystrata” and Metapeyssonnelia, were excluded from the family, and together with a third clade are nested inside the Rhizophyllidaceae of the Dumontiaceae-complex. The Rhizophyllidaceae is newly reported for the Gulf of Mexico, with six species. The number of distinct species of Peyssonneliaceae now present in the Gulf of Mexico has increased from 6 to 21. On the other hand, the number of Peyssonnelia reported for the Azores was reduced from five to one species. Some species placed in Cruoriella and Cruoriopsis actually belong in the Peyssonneliaceae. New combinations are being proposed to accommodate known and new species in Cruoriella, and in two formerly monotypic genera, Sonderophycus and Riquetophycus. The Peyssonneliaceae forms a monophyletic assemblage that could not be maintained in the Gigartinales and thus a new order was constituted, Peyssonneliales, unrelated to the cluster of families centred around the Halymeniaceae of the Halymeniales, or the Gigartinaceae of the Gigartinales.
- Genetic diversity of Gibsmithia hawaiiensis complex (Dumontiaceae, Rhodophyta)Publication . Gabriel, Daniela; Draisma, Stefano; Schmidt, William E.; Schils, Tom; Sauvage, Thomas; Maridakis, Clio; Gurgel, Carlos Frederico Deluqui; Lim, Phaik Eem; Harris, D. J.; Fredericq, SuzanneABSTRACT: The genus Gibsmithia was erected to accommodate a species with the peculiar combination of gelatinous lobes rising from cartilaginous stalks. Based on G. hawaiiensis from Hawaii, it remained monotypic for over 20 years, when three additional species were described from Australia. G. hawaiensis is unique for its furry appearance due to cortical filaments beyond the surface. Gibsmithia have been reported from the Indian Ocean and central and western Pacific, with G. hawaiensis having the widest distribution. Genetic studies based on COI, rbcL and UPA, reveal that G. hawaiiensis is monophyletic with nine distinct species sharing a similar habit. G. hawaiiensis complex exhibits high genetic diversity in Indomalaysia region, with different species presenting genetically variable populations. Species restricted to isolated region as Hawaii or the Red Sea comprises genetically conserved populations. Four of those cryptic species can be distinguished based on characters previously regarded as morphological plasticity: the generitype and the new species G. eilatensis, G. indomalayensis and G. lata distributa. Because specimens of the other species are only available dried onto herbarium paper or in silica-gel, their reproductive characters can not be characterized. New reports of the complex are given to Madagascar, Europa Island, the Red Sea and Guam, and also to new regions of Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and the French Polynesia.