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Boergesenia parvula sp. nov. (Siphonocladales, Chlorophyta) from the Tropical Western Atlantic

David L. BALLANTINE, Hideo OHBA, Chad LOZADA-TROCHE & Hector RUIZ

en Cryptogamie, Algologie 32 (4) - Pages 327-336

Published on 25 November 2011

Boergesenia parvula sp. nov. is described from shallow water habitats in Puerto Rico and represents the smallest species of the genus, reaching only 20 mm in height. Recognition of the new entity is supported by molecular sequences of the 18S rRNA gene. Molecular divergence between B. forbesii and the newly described species is 3.4%.


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BALLANTINE D. L., OHBA H., LOZADA-TROCHE C. & RUIZ H. 2011. — Boergesenia parvula sp. nov. (Siphonocladales, Chlorophyta) from the Tropical Western Atlantic. Cryptogamie, Algologie 2011 (4): 327-336.