Bibliographic Detail
Schneider, C.W., Freshwater, D.W. & Saunders, G.W., 2012
Reference:
Schneider, C.W., Freshwater, D.W. & Saunders, G.W. (2012). First report of Halopeltis (Rhodophyta, Rhodymeniaceae) from the non-tropical Northern Hemisphere: H. adnata (Okamura) comb. nov. from Korea, and H. pellucida sp. nov. and H. willisii sp. nov. from the North Atlantic. Algae 27: 95-108, 5 figs.
Abstract:
Using genetic sequencing (COI-5P, LSU, rbcL) to elucidate their phylogenetic positions and then morphological characters
to distinguish each from existing species, three procumbent species, including two novel species, from warm temperate
Northern Hemisphere waters are added to the recently resurrected genus Halopeltis J. Agardh: H. adnata (Okamura)
comb. nov. from Korea, H. pellucida sp. nov. from Bermuda and H. willisii sp. nov. from North Carolina, USA. Prior
to these reports, the genus was confined to the Southern Hemisphere and tropical equatorial waters of the Northern
Hemisphere although the latter records lack molecular confirmation. These three additional species join the six known
species presently residing in Halopeltis.
