TY - JOUR
T1 - New record of the non-native seaweed gracilaria parvispora in Baja California - A Note on Vergara-Rodarte et al. (2016)
AU - Krueger-Hadfield, Stacy A.
AU - Carmona, Gustavo Hernández
AU - Terada, Ryuta
AU - López-Vivas, Juan Manuel
AU - Riosmena-Rodríguez, Rafael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Adac. Tous droits réservés.
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - The delimitation of species in the Gracilariales is often difficult due to the lack of diagnostic morphological characters. As a result, non-native species are often misidentified without the use of molecular tools. Recently, studies have investigated the agar quality of the dominant gracilarioid species in the Laguna San Ignacio in Baja Califronia Sur, Mexico, including Vergara-Rodarte et al., (2016) published in the May edition of Cryptogamie, Algologie. The species has been reported as Gracilaria pacifica, G. vermiculophylla and Gracilariopsis sp. Using a combination of three mitochondrial and plastid markers, we identified this species as G. parvispora, extending the known distribution of this non-native species in Baja California. Due to the potential of G. parvispora as a source of agar, more detailed studies of on the invasion history and surveys are necessary in the eastern Pacific to determine its current distribution and impacts on the native biodiversity.
AB - The delimitation of species in the Gracilariales is often difficult due to the lack of diagnostic morphological characters. As a result, non-native species are often misidentified without the use of molecular tools. Recently, studies have investigated the agar quality of the dominant gracilarioid species in the Laguna San Ignacio in Baja Califronia Sur, Mexico, including Vergara-Rodarte et al., (2016) published in the May edition of Cryptogamie, Algologie. The species has been reported as Gracilaria pacifica, G. vermiculophylla and Gracilariopsis sp. Using a combination of three mitochondrial and plastid markers, we identified this species as G. parvispora, extending the known distribution of this non-native species in Baja California. Due to the potential of G. parvispora as a source of agar, more detailed studies of on the invasion history and surveys are necessary in the eastern Pacific to determine its current distribution and impacts on the native biodiversity.
KW - Baja California
KW - Biological invasión
KW - Gracilaria
KW - Species delimitation
KW - cox1
KW - cox2-3 spacer
KW - rbcL
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85003534333&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7872/crya/v37.iss4.2016.257
DO - 10.7872/crya/v37.iss4.2016.257
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0181-1568
VL - 37
SP - 257
EP - 263
JO - Cryptogamie, Algologie
JF - Cryptogamie, Algologie
IS - 4
ER -