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The new species Codium recurvatum from Tanzania
Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K.; De Clerck, O. (2012). The new species Codium recurvatum from Tanzania. Eur. J. Phycol. 47(3): 216-222. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2012.690106
In: European Journal of Phycology. Cambridge University Press/Taylor & Francis: Cambridge. ISSN 0967-0262; e-ISSN 1469-4433, more
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Keywords
    Bryopsidales [WoRMS]; Chlorophyta [WoRMS]; Codium recurvatum Verbruggen, 2012 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Bryopsidales; Chlorophyta; Codium recurvatum; molecular phylogeny;morphology; Tanzania; taxonomy
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Abstract
    Codium recurvatum is described from material collected on a Tanzanian reef slope. The diminutive species is easily recognized by its unusual morphology, as its thallus consists of several dorsiventrally flattened lobes originating from a central holdfast and curving back towards the substratum. DNA barcodes (rbcL exon 1 and tufA) confirm the distinctness of the species and the phylogenetic placement of the new species is inferred from a concatenated alignment of rbcL and rps3-rpl16 sequences.
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