Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2021, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (6): 76-82.doi: 10.11978/2020150CSTR: 32234.14.2020150

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Morphological and phylogenetic studies of Yonagunia formosana in southeastern Hainan province, China

LIU Jinmei(), HUANG Bingxin, DING Lanping(), WANG Xuecong, YAN Jing, YAN Panzhu, ZHANG Yao   

  1. College of Life Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, Tianjin 300387, China
  • Received:2020-12-24 Revised:2021-03-22 Online:2021-11-10 Published:2021-04-06
  • Contact: DING Lanping E-mail:1473701927@qq.com;skydlp@tjnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(31670199);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970216);Scientific Research Plan of Tianjin Municipal Education Committee(JW1705)

Abstract:

The genus Yonagunia Kawaguchi et Masuda belongs to Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta. In this study, we confirmed the existence of Y. formosana in southeastern Hainan Province, China based on the morphological study Yonagunia formosana (Okamura) Kawaguchi et Masuda, combined with the phylogenetic analysis of rbcL sequences. We described in detail the branching form, proliferations, cortical cells, and other vegetative structures and reproductive structures of Y. formosana. We found that the shapes of branches are more diverse, and the size of the structure of the algae, including the branch form, proliferations, and cortical cells and so on, is also different from the type species. This study is the first molecular phylogenetic research report of Y. formosana in southeastern Hainan province.

Key words: Hainan, marine algae, Yonagunia formosana, morphology, rbcL

CLC Number: 

  • Q949.29