First record of Caulerpa lentillifera J. Agardh (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) from China

ABSTRACT

An edible green algal species Caulerpa lentillifera J. Agardh is reported from China for the first time. The species was collected from the southwest of Hainan Island and morphologically identified to be C. lentillifera based on the grape-like branches arising from cylindrical stolons. Phylogenetic analysis using tufA and rbcL DNA sequences also confirmed the monophyly of C. lentillifera-microphysa clade.

KEYWORDS:

• Bryopsidales
• Caulerpa lentillifera
• first record

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Funding

This research was supported by the Science and Technology Basic Resources Investigation Program of China (2018FY100205), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA23050304] and the Key Research and Development Project of Hainan Province [ZDYF2017027].