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Type: Article
Published: 2017-01-27
Page range: 271–278
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Gracilaria falconii sp. nov. (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta): a new species with flat axes from Venezuela

Universidad de Carabobo. Facultad Experimental de Ciencias y Tecnología. Departamento de Biología. Bárbula, Apdo. 2005. Carabobo, Venezuela
Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Iztapalapa, Apdo. Postal 55-535, México D.F, 09340, Mexico
Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Iztapalapa, Apdo. Postal 55-535, México D.F, 09340, Mexico
Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Iztapalapa, Apdo. Postal 55-535, México D.F, 09340, Mexico
G. falconii sp. nov. Gracilariaceae molecular phylogeny rbcL taxonomy Venezuelan Caribbean Algae Venezuela

Abstract

Gracilaria falconii from Falcón, Venezuela, is described as a new species, based mainly on phylogenetic evidence. Morphologically, G. falconii is similar to G. mammillaris, a species previously reported from the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, Venezuela, and Brazil. Although G. falconii is morphologically different from phylogenetically closely related species, morphological boundaries between G. falconii and other flattened Gracilaria are not so clear.