2019/01/02 by María Luisa Núñez Reséndiz, María Luisa Núñez-Resendiz, Kurt M. Dreckmann +4 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Marine and coastal plant biology
paper · doi:10.1080/00318884.2018.1517536
crossref issued 2019/01/02 · crossref published 2019/01/02 · crossref published-print 2019/01/02 · openalex publication_date 2019/01/02 · crossref published-online 2019/01/08 · crossref created 2019/01/09 · crossref deposited 2023/09/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref indexed 2026/08/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
On the basis of COI-5P, cox2–3 spacer, RuBisCo spacer, and rbcL sequences, Eucheuma was resolved as a paraphyletic genus in the Solieriaceae. Specimens of E. isiforme from the Yucatan Peninsula and Florida form an independent lineage in the family that was also different from E. denticulatum, the generitype. To accommodate this species, we described Eucheumatopsis as a new genus that differs from Eucheuma both molecularly and geographically. Because the four molecular markers used and morphological characters did not support the independence of Eucheuma isiforme var. denudatum from E. isiforme var. isiforme, we have proposed to no longer recognize var. denudatum as a separate variety.