Identifying alien macroalgae through DNA barcoding: the case of Hypnea cornuta (Cystocloniaceae, Rhodophyta)

Authors

  • A. Manghisi
  • S. Armeli Minicante
  • C. Bertuccio
  • M. Morabito
  • V. Fiore
  • G. Genovese
  • L. Le Gall

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1285/i1825229Xv5n1p42

Keywords:

alien species, CO1-5’ region, DNA barcoding, Hypnea cornuta, Mediterranean Sea, Rhodophyta, Strait of Messina, transitional environments

Abstract

1 - Introduction of non-indigenous macroalgae has become a major topic in the last decades. Potential vectors are aquaculture, fouling on hulls, ballast water, aquarium trading, fishing nets.
2 - Within a program of census of macroalgal alien species through DNA barcoding we found a population of previously unreported rhodophyte in Cape Peloro Lagoon and nearby marine coasts (north-eastern Sicily, Italy).
3 - All collected individuals were identified as the alien species Hypnea cornuta based on morphological characters confirmed by the analysis of COI-5’ sequences.

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Published

05-09-2012

Issue

Volume 5, Issue 1 (2011)

Section

Reports & Articles