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Description of ten new Lobophora species from the Bismarck Sea (Papua New Guinea)
Author(s) -
Vieira Christophe,
De Clerck Olivier,
Millet Laurent,
Payri Claude E.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
phycological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.438
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1835
pISSN - 1322-0829
DOI - 10.1111/pre.12372
Subject(s) - biology , new guinea , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , genus , sampling (signal processing) , coral reef , ethnology , history , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
SUMMARY Sampling in the framework of the research program called ‘La Planète Revisitée’ in Kavieng and Madang (Papua New Guinea) brought thus far unknown diversity of the brown algal genus Lobophora to the surface. DNA‐assisted alpha taxonomy allowed identifying the presence of 16 species Lobophora from these two localities, which only share four species in common. Ten species are newly described, including four, which are only known to the Bismarck Sea. A more exhaustive sampling across the Bismarck Sea, and more largely across the Coral Triangle, will very likely unveil an even greater diversity. The present study underscores the fragmentary nature of our knowledge of macroalgal diversity in this region.