Two New Species of the Genus Dictyota (Phaeophyceae: Dictyotales) from the Mexican Caribbean

Jorge G. Lozano-Orozco^1,2, Abel Sentíes^2*, Olivier De Clerck³, Kurt M. Dreckmann², Jhoana Díaz-Larrea²

¹Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, México.
²Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, México.
³Phycology Research Group and Centre for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2015.615251                

Abstract

During a molecular characterization of the genus Dictyota J. V. Lamouroux (Phaeophyceae, Dictyotales) along the Mexican coasts of the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Caribbean, using psbA and cox1 genes, it was found that two particular collections did not match with the sequences published for a total of 39 species of Dictyota. For each gene, both collections diverged in high-uncorrected “p” distance values with respect to other related species. This high genetic divergence was corroborated by morphological analysis. Hence, we proposed Dictyota mayae J. Lozano-Orozco & Sentíes and Dictyota pedrochei J. Lozano-Orozco & Sentíes as new species.

Keywords

Mexican Caribbean, Dictyota mayae sp. nov., Dictyota pedrochei sp. nov., Molecular Phylogeny, Taxonomy

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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