摘要
A new species Lobophora tsengii is described from Bach Long Vy(Bailongwei)Island,Haiphong Province,Vietnam.The plants inhabit the subtidal zone and have predominantly erect fan-shaped thalli that attach to the substrate by a basal holdfast.The thallus is commonly composed of a single layer of large medullary cells with four layers of cortical cells on either side of the medulla.The newly collected specimens from the island are morphologically similar to those from Hainan Island,China,but differ from the New Caledonian ones in having thicker thallus.In molecular phylogenetic analyses based on concatenated rbcL and cox3 s equences,the specimens from the island were 100%identical to those from Hainan Island,China,and they formed a clade separating from other Lobophora species.Additionally,based on analyses of numerous cox3 s equences,our specimens were also distinguished from the closely related taxa occurring in New Caledonia,Kenya,and West Australia.Combining the morphological and molecular analyses,we conclude that our specimens represent a new species of Lobophora,which is apparently endemic to the Beibu Gulf(Gulf of Tonkin)and adjacent waters.
基金
Supported by the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology(No.KC.09.23/16-20)
the Scientific Research Activities for Senior Researchers in 2021(No.NCVCC23.05/21-21)
the Chinese National Projects,the Science and Technology Basic Resources Investigation Program of China(No.2018FY100205)
the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDA23050304)。
