Ecosystem engineer morphological traits and taxon identity shape biodiversity across the euphotic–mesophotic transition

SE Voerman, BC Marsh, RG Bahia… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The euphotic–mesophotic transition is characterized by dramatic changes in environmental
conditions, which can significantly alter the functioning of ecosystem engineers and the …

Dominance of photo over chromatic acclimation strategies by habitat-forming mesophotic red algae

SE Voerman, BC Marsh, RG Bahia… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Red coralline algae are the deepest living macroalgae, capable of creating spatially
complex reefs from the intertidal to 100+ m depth with global ecological and biogeochemical …

DNA sequencing reveals higher taxonomic diversity of coralline algae (Corallinales and Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta) in the tropical western North Atlantic that …

A Giorgi, M Monti, D Maggioni, PW Gabrielson… - Botanica …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Understanding of non-geniculate coralline algal (NGCA) diversity, prevalence, and
distribution in the tropical western North Atlantic is currently limited by reliance on …

Revisiting the evolution of non-geniculate coralline algae taxonomy: history and perspectives

LAS Leão, RG Bahia, CS Karez, LT Salgado… - Aquatic Botany, 2024 - Elsevier
Non-geniculate coralline algae (NGCA), Corallinophycidae-Rhodophyta, are characterized
by prominent calcified vegetative thalli. They exhibit broad phenotypic plasticity, and …

Assessment of Rhodolith Diversity in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Including the Description of Sporolithon gracile sp. nov. (Sporolithales, Rhodophyta), and Three New …

J Richards, RP Kittle III, WE Schmidt… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the past, non-geniculate coralline algae in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico have been
identified based primarily on comparative morpho-anatomy. Recent studies employing DNA …

Sporolithon franciscanum sp. nov. (Sporolithales, Rhodophyta), a New Rhodolith-Forming Species from Northeast Brazil

LAS Leão, RG Bahia, MB Jesionek, WH Adey… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper describes Sporolithon franciscanum, a new rhodolith-forming species of non-
geniculate coralline algae found at depths between 47–52 m near the São Francisco river …

DNA sequencing of type material and newly collected specimens reveals two heterotypic synonyms for Harveylithon munitum (Metagoniolithoideae, Corallinales …

JL Richards, WE Schmidt, S Fredericq… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nongeniculate coralline algae are difficult to identify based solely on morpho‐anatomy. To
address the systematics of several taxonomically challenging taxa, we analyzed DNA …

A new genus and species in the Sporolithales (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) from northern New Zealand: Roseapetra farriae sp. nov.

WA Nelson, KF Neill, BA Twist, JE Sutherland - Phytotaxa, 2021 - biotaxa.org
A new genus in the order Sporolithales (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta), Roseapetra
farriae gen. et sp. nov. is described, based on material from northern New Zealand …

Associated fauna in a mesophotic rhodolith bed in the Campos Basin, Brazil, southwestern Atlantic

FTS Tâmega, PC Paiva, P Spotorno, DO Pires… - Regional Studies in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rhodolith beds are predominantly formed by calcareous red algae with a rich benthic fauna.
Nonetheless, little is known about the biota relationships with their structural variability …

Range extension of Mesophyllum erubescens (Foslie) Me. Lemoine (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta): first report from mesophotic rhodolith beds in the northwestern Gulf of …

JL Richards, RP Kittle III, JR Abshire, D Fuselier… - Check List, 2020 - par.nsf.gov
DNA sequence analysis of plastid-encoded psbA and UPA, mitochondrion-encoded COI,
and nuclear-encoded LSU rDNA of rhodolith-forming crustose coralline algal specimens …