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Caisova, Lenka and Melkonian, Michael (2018). The Chaetophorales (Chlorophyceae) - a taxonomic revision at family level. Eur. J. Phycol., 53 (3). S. 381 - 393. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1469-4433

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Abstract

The Chaetophorales (Chlorophyceae) consist of filamentous green algae that were mostly described directly from natural samples by light microscopy. However, the descriptions were often based on morphological characters that are either homoplasious or sensitive to environmental factors. This clearly prevents proper identification of several chaetophoralean taxa and highlights the need for taxonomic revision at different taxonomic levels. In the present study, we focused on revision of the Chaetophorales at the family level. We used a well-resolved molecular phylogeny to re-evaluate morphological characters in the Chaetophorales under clearly defined laboratory conditions. We identified five morphological characters that permitted unambiguous identification of most chaetophoralean families, and used these characters to establish a new family, the Fritschiellaceae (fam. nov.), and emend the Chaetophoraceae Greville 1824. Knowledge gained from this study lends additional weight to the current classification of the Chaetophorales and may serve as an example for taxonomic revisions of other complex filamentous algae.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Caisova, Lenka UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Melkonian, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-202183
DOI:	10.1080/09670262.2018.1453090
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. J. Phycol.
Volume:	53
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 381 - 393
Date:	2018
Publisher:	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1469-4433
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language STIGEOCLONIUM; MORPHOLOGY; DRAPARNALDIA Multiple languages Plant Sciences; Marine & Freshwater Biology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20218