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Two new species of Caloglossa (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Americas, C. confusa and C. fluviatilis spp. nov. DAVID M. KRAYESKY 1 *, JAMES N. NORRIS 2 ,JOHN A. WEST 3 ,MITSUNOBU KAMIYA 4 ,MATT VIGUERIE 5 ,BRIAN S. WYSOR 6 AND SUZANNE FREDERICQ 5 1 Department of Biology, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, USA 2 Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA 3 School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia 4 Department of Marine Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, 1-1 Gakuencho, Obama, Fukui 917-0003, Japan 5 Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504-2451, USA 6 Department of Biology and Marine Biology, Roger Williams University, Bristol, R, 02809, USA KRAYESKY D.M., NORRIS J.N., WEST J.A., KAMIYA M., VIGUERIE M., WYSOR B.S. AND FREDERICQ S. 2012. Two new species of Caloglossa (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Americas, C. confusa sp. nov. and C. fluviatilis sp. nov. Phycologia 51: 513–530. DOI: 10.2216/11-57.1 Although the systematics of Caloglossa has been intensely investigated, the species diversity of the genus is not yet fully understood. Comparative chloroplast-encoded rbcL and nuclear LSU rDNA sequence analyses, combined with morphological observations, reveal new records and two new species for the Americas. The species, previously identified as Caloglossa monosticha from the western Atlantic, is newly described as C. confusa sp. nov. It differs from Pacific Ocean C. monosticha primarily by its strongly constricted thallus nodes, and the sequence data presented here show that it is most closely allied with other taxa of the C. continua species complex, but its relationship with these taxa is not fully resolved. The freshwater C. fluviatilis sp. nov. from the Panama Canal is characterised by thalli arranged in tufts, adventitious branching, strong constrictions at the thallus nodes and lanceolate blades. Caloglossa fluviatilis forms a monophyletic group along with the species having only adventitious secondary branching. A dichotomous key highlights the diagnostic vegetative characters for separating the nine species of Caloglossa occurring in the Americas. KEY WORDS: Atlantic Ocean, Caloglossa, Ceramiales, Delesseriaceae, LSU rDNA, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, rbcL, Rhodophyta, Systematics INTRODUCTION Caloglossa (Harvey) G. Martens (1869) is a euryhaline red algal genus of shallow-water species that occur in man- groves, saltwater/freshwater marshes, lagoons and rivers in temperate and tropical regions of the world. The genus is characterised by the isomorphic gametophytes and tetra- sporophytes; thalli composed of thin, strap-shaped blades that are monostromatic except for the midrib region; and exogenous branching in which lateral branches are ini- tiated through oblique division of subapical cells. The co- occurrence of Caloglossa with members of other red algae, such as Bostrychia Montagne, Catenella Greville and Murrayella F. Schmitz, in mangroves was first noted and extensively studied by Post. This ecological association or assemblage of genera was referred to by Post (1936) as the ‘Bostrychietum’, or the Bostrychia–Caloglossa associa- tion. Within the polyphyletic Delesseriaceae Bory, Calo- glossa is placed in the Caloglosseae M.J. Wynne, a tribe of two genera that also includes Taenioma J. Agardh (Lin et al. 2001; Wynne 2001; Choi et al. 2002). Caloglossa is the most widespread genus of the Delesser- iaceae (Papenfuss 1961), with most species being only locally common within their reported range. Some species distributions are more or less pantropical while others are restricted. The genus has been the focus of considerable taxonomic and phylogenetic research globally (Post 1936; King & Puttock 1994; Kamiya 2004) and regionally (West et al. 1994; Kamiya et al. 1997, 1999, 2003; Krayesky et al. 2011). These studies show that Caloglossa contains about 15 species. Taxonomically important morphological char- acters have included nodal anatomy of the thallus, degree of constriction and organization of cell row lineages, rhi- zoidal anatomy/distribution, endogenous or adventitious type of branching and internode morphology (for a review, see King & Puttock 1994). The taxonomic importance of rhizoidal anatomy/distri- bution was further elucidated by Kamiya et al. (2003) with the description of rhizoidal position types. Rhizoidal types in the Americas include type C (rhizoids are derived from ventral pericentral cells in the nodal region two to three pericentral cells above and below the node, in addition to an occasional ventral wing cells that directly flanks one of these pericentral cells), type E (rhizoids derived from ventral pericentral cells around the region of the node in- cluding ventral node pericentral cell and the lateral peri- central cells that flank it), type F (rhizoids derived from ventral pericentral cells around the region of the node above the ventral node of a pericentral cell, in addition to ventral wing cells located directly around the nodal region), and type G (rhizoids derived from ventral pericentral cells * Corresponding author ([email protected]) Phycologia (2012) Volume 51 (5), 513–530 Published 4 September 2012 513

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Page 1: Two new species of Caloglossa (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta ... · K28 JW 4130 Charlotte Harbor, Florida, USA 19 Sep. 2000 J.A. West rbc L:EU349107 LSU: JN845507 C. ‘ogasawaraensis’

Two new species of Caloglossa (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Americas,

C. confusa and C. fluviatilis spp. nov.

DAVID M. KRAYESKY1*, JAMES N. NORRIS

2, JOHN A. WEST3, MITSUNOBU KAMIYA

4, MATT VIGUERIE5, BRIAN S. WYSOR

6AND

SUZANNE FREDERICQ5

1Department of Biology, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, USA2Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA

3School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia4Department of Marine Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, 1-1 Gakuencho, Obama, Fukui 917-0003, Japan

5Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504-2451, USA6Department of Biology and Marine Biology, Roger Williams University, Bristol, R, 02809, USA

KRAYESKY D.M., NORRIS J.N., WEST J.A., KAMIYA M., VIGUERIE M., WYSOR B.S. AND FREDERICQ S. 2012. Two newspecies of Caloglossa (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Americas, C. confusa sp. nov. and C. fluviatilis sp. nov.Phycologia 51: 513–530. DOI: 10.2216/11-57.1

Although the systematics of Caloglossa has been intensely investigated, the species diversity of the genus is not yet fullyunderstood. Comparative chloroplast-encoded rbcL and nuclear LSU rDNA sequence analyses, combined withmorphological observations, reveal new records and two new species for the Americas. The species, previously identifiedas Caloglossa monosticha from the western Atlantic, is newly described as C. confusa sp. nov. It differs from PacificOcean C. monosticha primarily by its strongly constricted thallus nodes, and the sequence data presented here show thatit is most closely allied with other taxa of the C. continua species complex, but its relationship with these taxa is not fullyresolved. The freshwater C. fluviatilis sp. nov. from the Panama Canal is characterised by thalli arranged in tufts,adventitious branching, strong constrictions at the thallus nodes and lanceolate blades. Caloglossa fluviatilis forms amonophyletic group along with the species having only adventitious secondary branching. A dichotomous keyhighlights the diagnostic vegetative characters for separating the nine species of Caloglossa occurring in the Americas.

KEY WORDS: Atlantic Ocean, Caloglossa, Ceramiales, Delesseriaceae, LSU rDNA, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, rbcL,Rhodophyta, Systematics

INTRODUCTION

Caloglossa (Harvey) G. Martens (1869) is a euryhaline red

algal genus of shallow-water species that occur in man-

groves, saltwater/freshwater marshes, lagoons and rivers in

temperate and tropical regions of the world. The genus is

characterised by the isomorphic gametophytes and tetra-

sporophytes; thalli composed of thin, strap-shaped blades

that are monostromatic except for the midrib region; and

exogenous branching in which lateral branches are ini-

tiated through oblique division of subapical cells. The co-

occurrence of Caloglossa with members of other red

algae, such as Bostrychia Montagne, Catenella Greville

and Murrayella F. Schmitz, in mangroves was first noted

and extensively studied by Post. This ecological association

or assemblage of genera was referred to by Post (1936) as

the ‘Bostrychietum’, or the Bostrychia–Caloglossa associa-

tion. Within the polyphyletic Delesseriaceae Bory, Calo-

glossa is placed in the Caloglosseae M.J. Wynne, a tribe of

two genera that also includes Taenioma J. Agardh (Lin et

al. 2001; Wynne 2001; Choi et al. 2002).

Caloglossa is the most widespread genus of the Delesser-

iaceae (Papenfuss 1961), with most species being only

locally common within their reported range. Some species

distributions are more or less pantropical while others are

restricted. The genus has been the focus of considerable

taxonomic and phylogenetic research globally (Post 1936;

King & Puttock 1994; Kamiya 2004) and regionally (West

et al. 1994; Kamiya et al. 1997, 1999, 2003; Krayesky et al.

2011). These studies show that Caloglossa contains about

15 species. Taxonomically important morphological char-

acters have included nodal anatomy of the thallus, degree

of constriction and organization of cell row lineages, rhi-

zoidal anatomy/distribution, endogenous or adventitious

type of branching and internode morphology (for a review,

see King & Puttock 1994).

The taxonomic importance of rhizoidal anatomy/distri-

bution was further elucidated by Kamiya et al. (2003) with

the description of rhizoidal position types. Rhizoidal types

in the Americas include type C (rhizoids are derived from

ventral pericentral cells in the nodal region two to three

pericentral cells above and below the node, in addition to

an occasional ventral wing cells that directly flanks one

of these pericentral cells), type E (rhizoids derived from

ventral pericentral cells around the region of the node in-

cluding ventral node pericentral cell and the lateral peri-

central cells that flank it), type F (rhizoids derived from

ventral pericentral cells around the region of the node

above the ventral node of a pericentral cell, in addition to

ventral wing cells located directly around the nodal region),

and type G (rhizoids derived from ventral pericentral cells* Corresponding author ([email protected])

Phycologia (2012) Volume 51 (5), 513–530 Published 4 September 2012

513

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2003

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US

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ou

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below first and second axial cells of the main and lateral

axis, in addition to several ventral wing cells located directly

above the node). In some cases these are not exclusive to a

single species, as four rhizoid position types occur in the

Americas and more than four species are recognized.

Presently, there are nine species of Caloglossa in the

Americas (Pedroche et al. 1995; West & Zuccarello 1995;

Kamiya et al. 2000, 2003; Lin et al. 2001; Krayesky et al.

2011): C. apicula (Durant) Krayesky, Fredericq & J.N.

Norris, C. apomeiotica J.A. West & Zuccarello, C. beccarii

(Zanardini) De Toni, C. intermedia Kamiya & J.A. West, C.

leprieurii (Montagne) G. Martens, C. monosticha Kamiya,

C. ogasawaraensis Okamura, C. ruetzleri Krayesky, Freder-

icq & J.N. Norris, and C. ‘stipitata’ E. Post reassessed by

Kamiya et al. (2003) as C. rotundata Kamiya. Recent stu-

dies on C. leprieurii support the view that genus is more

diverse than previously reported and Caloglossa species

may not be as widespread as formerly thought (Krayesky

et al. 2011). Past investigations of Caloglossa (Kamiya &

West 2008; Kamiya et al. 2003, 2011) are often based on a

broad species concept that includes considerable phenotyp-

ic plasticity; C. monosticha and C. leprieurii are two such

examples.

Our goals are threefold. First, the characters used to

delimit species of Caloglossa as defined by King & Puttock

(1994) and Kamiya et al. (2003) will be evaluated. Second,

the status of C. monosticha, a species in the C. continua

complex, as a single disjunctly distributed species sensu

Kamiya et al. (2003) will be assessed. To further clarify, the

C. continua complex is a group of species that were at one

time all thought to be a single taxon, namely, C. continua

(Okamura) R.J. King & Puttock, and this species complex,

as described by Kamiya (2003), encompasses C. continua

spp. continua, C. continua spp. axillaris R.J. King & Puttock,

C. monosticha, C. postiae Kamiya & R.J. King and

C. saigonensis T. Tanaka & P.H. Ho. The distinctiveness

of taxa of the C. continua complex has been the focus of

considerable taxonomic studies (King & Puttock 1994;

Kamiya et al. 1997, 1999, 2003; Wynne & De Clerck 1999).

To address C. continua complex species in the Americas,

C. ‘monosticha’ from North Carolina to Brazil is evaluated

as the second goal of this study. The final objective of

our study is to assess the validity of a singular report of

C. beccarii from Panama (Lin et al. 2001).

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Molecular data

Silica gel-dried, alcohol-preserved specimens and extracted

DNA samples were deposited at the University of

Louisiana at Lafayette (LAF). Plastid-encoded rbcL and

nuclear-encoded LSU rDNA was selected to infer a

phylogeny of Caloglossa from the Americans (Lin et al.

2001). Protocols for DNA extraction followed the proce-

dure in Gavio & Fredericq (2002). Gene amplification and

sequence protocol of rbcL and LSU rDNA followed Gavio

& Fredericq (2002) and Lin et al. (2001), respectively.

Primers used for gene amplification and sequencing of the

rbcL were listed in Freshwater & Rueness (1994), andTable

1.

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522249

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additional primers used were presented in Gavio &

Fredericq (2002) and Lin et al. (2001). The gene amplifi-

cation and sequencing primers for the middle seg-

ment of LSU rDNA used were listed in Freshwater et al.

(1999).

Alignment

The sequenced samples analyzed are listed in Table 1, and

the sequences deposited in GenBank. RbcL and LSU rDNA

sequence data sets were compiled with Sequencher 4.1

(Gene Codes Corp., Ann Arbor, MI, USA), then imported

into MacClade v4.0 (Maddison & Maddison 2000). The

LSU rDNA sequence data were first aligned by the use of

ClustalX 1.8 (Thompson et al. 1997) before being imported

into MacClade v4.0 and PAUP* for added manual align-

ment. A concatenated data set was not generated, as there

were not both rbcL and LSU rDNA sequences for all sam-

ples analyzed.

Phylogenetic analysis

Phylogenetic analyses were conducted using maximum

parsimony (MP) and maximum likelihood (ML) algorithms

as implemented in PAUP* 4.0b10 (Swofford 2003) and

PHYML (Guindon & Gascuel 2003), respectively. Bayesian

inference was performed in MrBayes 3.0 (Huelsenbeck &

Ronquist 2001). The rbcL and LSU rDNA sequence data

Fig. 1. Maximum likelihood tree for rbcL sequence data (2ln L 8160.22765) of Caloglossa species in the Americas showing the interspecificrelationship. Branch lengths are proportional to sequence change. Species names highlighted in red represent species new to science. Threetiers of numbers at each node; top numbers are MP bootstrap values, middle numbers are ML bootstrap values and bottom numbers areBayesian posterior probabilities (in %).

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utilized Taenioma perpusillum J. Agardh as a single out-

group following Kamiya et al. (2003). Taenioma perpusillum

was also selected as the outgroup based on the view of

Papenfuss (1961) that Caloglossa and Taenioma are closely

related genera.

Parsimony trees obtained under the Fitch criterion of

equal weights for all substitutions (Fitch 1971) were

inferred from a heuristic search, excluding uninformative

characters, with 1000 random sequence additions holding

10 trees at each step and the tree-bisection-reconnection

(TBR) swapping algorithm. Support for nodes in the MP

analysis were assessed by calculating bootstrap proportion

values (Felsenstein 1985) as implemented in PAUP* by

generating 1000 bootstrap data sets, from resampled data,

with 1000 random sequence additions.

Optimal models of sequence evolution to fit the data

alignment estimated by hierarchical likelihood ratio tests

were performed by Modeltest v.3.6 (Posada & Crandall

1998). The model of sequence evolution chosen for both data

files was the GTR+I+G (general time reversible model with

variable base frequencies, symmetrical substitution matrix).

An ML phylogram was generated for each of the two data

sets, using the substitution model, gamma distribution and

proportion of invariable sites determined by the model. For

Fig. 2. Maximum likelihood tree for LSU sequence data (2ln L 4803.02285) of Caloglossa species in the Americas showing the interspecificrelationships. Branch lengths are proportional to sequence change. Species names highlighted in red represent species new to science. Threetiers of numbers at each node; top numbers are MP bootstrap values, middle numbers are ML bootstrap values and bottom numbers areBayesian posterior probabilities (in %).

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each data file, the ML tree and ML bootstrap values

(generated from 1000 bootstrap trees) were inferred by

PhyML 3.0, using the nearest neighbor interchange branch

swapping method. An ML phylogram was also generated for

each of the two data sets in PAUP*. The ML phylogram

generated in PAUP* was used as the backbone of the ML

tree for both the rbcL and the LSU data sets.

For the Bayesian analysis, the optimal model of sequence

evolution obtained for each data set was used to set up the

Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) search for the

Bayesian analyses. Four chains of the MCMC were run,

sampling one tree every 100 generations for 2 3 106

generations starting with a random tree for each of the two

data files. The analyses’ phylogenetic inferences were based

Table 2. Morphological differences amongst species of Caloglossa in the Americas, including C. monosticha. The definition of rhizoiddistribution, FLA, NA and FMA follows Kamyia et al. (2003).

C. apicula C. apomeiotica C. intermedia C. fluviatilis sp. nov. C. leprieurii

Endogenousbranching

present present present present present

Adventitiousbranching

present,occasionally

absent absent present absent

Number of rhizoidsper cell

multiple multiple multiple multiple multiple

Rhizoid distribution type F type F type F type F type FRhizoids tightly

adhering at base(cortical pad)

absent present present present present

Adaxial cell rowderived from theFLA1

absent absent present present absent

Number of cell rowsderived from theNA2

1–2 1–2 1(2) 1 1–2

Number of cell rowsderived from theFMA3

1–3 (1–)2–5 1–3 2–4 (2–)3–7

Constriction at thenode

slightly slightly slightly strongly(short interval)

slightly

Blade shape strap-like strap-like strap-like lanceolate strap-likeMiddle blade width

(mm)0.1–1.0 0.9–2.5(–4) 0.9–1.2 0.8–1.1 0.5–1.4

Blade length (mm) 1.0–3.0 1.5–4.0 2.0–3.0 3.0–6.0(–7.0) 1.5–4.0Thallus length (cm) 0.3–1.2 0.3–1.7 0.7–1.2 (0.5–)0.7–1.3 0.8–2.0

C. monosticha C. confusa sp. nov. C. ogasawaraensis C. rotundata C. ruetzleri

Endogenousbranching

present present absent present present

Adventitiousbranching

absent absent present present,occasionally

absent

Number of rhizoidsper cell

single single single single multiple

Rhizoid distribution type G type G type E type C type FRhizoids tightly

adhering at baseabsent absent absent absent present

Adaxial cell rowderived from theFLA

present present present present absent

Number of cell rowsderived from theNA

1–3 1–3 1 1 1

Number of cell rowsderived from theFMA

1 1–2 1 1–2 1

Constriction at thenode

slightly strongly(long interval)

slightly strongly(long interval)

strongly(long interval)

Blade shape strap-like ellipticalto ovate

strap-like ellipticalto rotundate

ellipticalto ovate

Middle blade width(mm)

0.5–1.5 1.0–1.5 0.1–0.5 1.7–2.2 1.1–2.0

Blade length (mm) 1.5–3.0 (2.0–)2.5–5.5 1.5–4.5 3.0–5.0 3.0–6.0Thallus length (cm) 0.5–1.2 0.5–1.1 0.7–1.7 0.5–1.0 0.5–1.0

1 FLA, first axial cell from lateral axis.2 NA, nodal axial cell opposite lateral branch.3 FMA, first axial cell at main axis opposite lateral branch.

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on the trees sampled after ‘burn-in’. A 50% majority rule

consensus, as implemented by PAUP*, was computed from

those saved trees. This frequency corresponded to the

posterior probability of the clades.

Morphological studies

Herbarium specimens as well as live collections were used in

this study. Information on taxa studied, collection sites,

date of collection and collectors are listed in Table 1. For

microscope observations, specimens were stained with 1%

aqueous aniline blue acidified with 0.1% HCl. Voucher spe-

cimens and materials for morphological studies were fixed

and stored in 5% formalin in seawater and/or pressed as

herbarium sheets deposited in LAF and the Algal Collec-

tion of the U.S. National Herbarium (US). Abbreviations

for herbaria follow the online Index Herbariorum (http://

sweetgum.nybg.org/ih).

RESULTS

Molecular analysis

The rbcL and LSU rDNA sequences included in this study

represent a wide sampling of Caloglossa, with a strong em-

phasis on the America species. The rbcL data set consisted of

37 samples (399 parsimony informative sites out of 1467

base pairs); MP generated 36 trees (tree length 5 1207 steps)

and the topology of the MP trees did not differ significantly

from that of the ML and Bayesian trees. The LSU data set

consisted of 30 samples (253 parsimony informative sites out

of 1017 aligned base pairs); MP generated five trees (tree

length 5 788 steps), the topology of which did not differ

significantly from that of the ML and Bayesian trees. As the

MP, ML and Bayesian trees did not differ significantly, only

the ML trees are presented (Figs 1, 2).

Both the rbcL and the LSU ML trees (Figs 1, 2)

demonstrate the genus to be monophyletic but without

strong support. The rbcL-based phylogeny (Fig. 1) shows

Caloglossa to be composed of two major clades: clade 1

containing C. apomeiotica, C. intermedia, C. leprieurii, C.

apicula, C. ruetzleri, C. vieillardii (Kutzing) Setchell, C.

continua, C. monosticha and C. confusa sp. nov. and clade 2

including C. ogasawaraensis, C. stipitata, C. bengalensis (G.

Martens) R.J. King & Puttock, C. fluviatilis sp. nov. and C.

rotundata. These clades are well supported by moderate to

strong bootstrapping values and posterior probabilities.

The species of Caloglossa are separated into three clades

based on LSU sequence analysis (Fig. 2). Clade 1 has full

support for Bayesian posterior probability with moderate

support for the MP and ML analyses. The specific rela-

tionships in the clade 1 of the LSU tree is nearly identical to

that of rbcL tree in Figure 1 except for C. saigonensis and a

collection of C. monosticha from Monkey Mia, Australia,

which are represented by only a single LSU sequence, and

C. intermedia is represented by a single rbcL sequence in

this study. Clade 2 is well supported (Fig. 2) and likewise

is similar to that of Figure 1 apart from the position of

C. beccarii, a taxon represented by two LSU sequences.

Caloglossa fluviatilis and C. stipitata do not form a mono-

phyletic clade, and C. bengalensis is not closely allied with

C. ogasawaraensis. The change in the relationship of these

species to one another is not surprising given the low to

nonexistent MP and ML support shown in Figure 2 for

these monophyletic assemblages. In addition, within the

LSU tree, C. rotundata is not nested within clade 2 but

forms a separate clade, and clade 3 receives low MP sup-

port and Bayesian posterior probabilities.

The separation of species into the major clades appears to

reflect characteristics of secondary branching observed in

these taxa. Clade 1 in the rbcL tree (Fig. 1) contains the

species bearing endogenous bladelets and with some species

generating the occasional adventitious bladelets, namely,

C. apicula. Clade 2 (Fig. 2) encompasses Caloglossa species

with exclusive adventitious branching that is common to

abundant in individuals, except for C. rotundata, which bears

occasional adventitious branching and common endoge-

nous branching. The LSU data (Fig. 2) differ from the rbcL

data in that species with exclusive adventitious branching

form a clade separate from C. rotundata, whose secondary

branching is primarily endogenous and occasionally adven-

titious.

All species sampled from the rbcL sequence data are

strongly supported (Fig. 1), and the LSU sequence data

(Fig. 2) further corroborate that the species reported here

are molecularly distinct. These well-supported monophy-

letic groups that compose the species of Caloglossa from the

Americas (Figs 1, 2) are likewise morphologically distinct

and are discernible from one another (Table 2). The rbcL

sequence data further indicate that the molecular distinc-

tion of the species sampled as interspecies sequence diver-

gence ranges between 2.7% and 14.1% and that intraspecies

sequence divergence ranges between 0.1% and 1.5% for

Caloglossa species.

The rbcL and LSU sequence data presented here suggest

that both C. ogasawaraensis and C. rotundata as currently

understood encompass additional species. An intraspecific

rbcL sequence divergence ranging from 5.0% to 5.4% exists

between C. ogasawaraensis of the western Pacific and the

Americas, with both the western Pacific clade and the clade

from the Americas being well supported (Figs 1, 2). At

present, limited samples exist for C. rotundata, a species

known only from its type locality and from a newly reported

collection from Panama. The intraspecific rbcL sequence

divergence among a cultured individual that is part of the C.

rotundata type collection and a Panama collection is 6.4%.

Comparative morphological and systematic study

The research presented by Kamiya et al. (2003) suggests

that species of Caloglossa reported from the Americas, such

as C. monosticha and C. beccarii, may actually be restricted

to other regions of the world. Molecular data (Figs 1, 2)

corroborate the morphological differences based on subtle

but distinct differences in thallus node constriction, blade

length and rhizoid morphology (Table 2), thus indicating

that these taxa are undescribed. A dichotomous key is here

provided to highlight the diagnostic features amongst all

the species of Caloglossa recognised for the Americas.

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Species’ authorities are listed in the sections following the

key.

Key to the species of the Caloglossa in the Americas

1a. Adaxial cell row derived from first axial cell of

lateral axis absent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1b. Adaxial cell row derived from first axial cell of

lateral axis present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2a. Basal rhizoidal cells loosely arranged, not forming a

cortical pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. apicula

2b. Basal rhizoidal cells tightly adherent forming a

cortical pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3a. Only one cell row derived from the first axial cell of

the main axis opposite the lateral branch; thallus

highly constricted at nodes over long interval, with

internodes forming elliptical ‘blades’ . . . . C. ruetzleri

3b. Usually more than one cell row derived from the

first axial cell of the main axis opposite the lateral

branch; thallus not highly constricted at nodes,

strap-like throughout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

4a. Number of cell rows derived from the first axial cell of

the main axis opposite the lateral branch (1–)2–5; thal-

lus width at median internode region 0.9–2.5(–4.0) mm.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. apomeiotica

4b. Number of cell rows derived from the first axial

cell of the main axis opposite the lateral branch

(2–)3–7; thallus width at median internode region

0.5–1.4 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. leprieurii

5a. Endogenous branching absent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

5b. Endogenous branching present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

6a. Thallus blades lanceolate and thallus nodes strongly

constricted; median blade width (0.8–1.1 mm). . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. fluviatilis

6b. Thallus blades strap-like and thallus nodes slightly

constricted; median blade width (0.1–0.5 mm). . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. ogasawaraensis

7a. Rhizoids clustered at the node between the main and

lateral axis, type G rhizoid arrangement . . . . C. confusa

7b. Rhizoids clustered in another arrangement other

than type G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

8a. Thallus blades elliptical to rotundate; rhizoids not

forming a cortical pad; adventitious branching present

(occasionally) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. rotundata

8b. Thallus blades strap-like; rhizoids forming a cortical

pad; adventitious branching absent. . . . . .C. intermedia

New species of Caloglossa

Caloglossa confusa Krayesky, J.A. West et Kamiya, sp. nov.

(Figs 3–4, 6–13)

Thalli plani, materia herbarii pallidarosea ad pallidam

violaceorubram, subdichotomi ramosi, usque ad 0.5–1.1 cm

long, constantes ex costae regione alis monostromaticis

alteruter latere. Regio costae constans ex duo cellulis

transversalibusque duo cellulis lateralibus periaxialibus,

serie axiali cellulis. Laminae constrictae valde ad nodos,

(2.0–)2.5–5.5 mm longaeque 1.0–1.5 mm latae internodi

medianam regionem, afiliformes ad nodum. Internodi aut

laminae ovati. Ramificatio endogenea praesens. Ramifica-

tio adventitia absens. Fila rhizoidea fasciculata nodum inter

axem principalem lateralemque. Series cellularum adaxialis

oriunda e prima axiali cellula lateralis axis praesens.

Numerus serierum cellularum oriundarum e cellula axiali

nodalis opposita ramum laterale 1–3. Numerus serierum

cellularum oriundarum e prima cellula axiali in axem

principalem opposita ramum laterale 1–2. Tetrasporangia

(48–)52–68 mm latis, 56–68 mm longis. Diversae structurae

reproductivae non visae.

Thalli flat, herbarium material light pink to pale violet-

red, subdichotomously branched, 0.5–1.1 cm long (Figs 3,

4), consisting of a midrib region with monostromatic wings

to either side (Fig. 6). Midrib region composed of two

transverse and two lateral periaxial cells, and one axial cell

series per segment. Blades strongly constricted at nodes

(Fig. 7), (2.0–)2.5–5.5 mm long and 1.0–1.5 mm wide at

median node region. Internodal regions or ‘blades’ ovate

(Fig. 3). Endogenous branching present (Fig. 10). Adven-

titious branching absent. Rhizoids clustered at the node

between the main and lateral axis (Figs 11, 12). Adaxial cell

row derived from first axial cell from lateral axis present

(Fig. 8). Number of cell rows derived from nodal axial cell

opposite lateral branch 1–3 and from the first axial cell of

the main axis opposite the lateral branch 1–2 (Fig. 9).

Tetrasporangia 56–68 mm tall, (48–)52–68 mm in diameter

(Fig. 13). Other reproductive structures not observed.

ETYMOLOGY: The species epithet, confusa, reflects the

confusion or misidentification of this taxon in the past as

another species of the Caloglossa continua complex, namely,

C. monosticha.

HOLOTYPE: Plantation Key, Florida, USA [24u599230N,

80u329350W]; 15 June 1994, coll. J.A. West, West 3426

(SLRO 19072).

DISTRIBUTION: Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Bra-

zil. Caloglossa confusa appears to be uncommon in the

tropical coastlines of the western Atlantic.

HABITAT: Growing associated and often entangled with

Bostrychia.

ADDITIONAL SPECIMENS STUDIED: Paratypes: North Car-

olina, USA: Fort Fisher (J.A. West, 26 June 2003); Mexico:

Isla Chinchorro, Laguna de Terminos. Campeche (L.

Huerta, s. dat.); Brazil: I. do Cardoso, Sao Paulo (J.A.

West, 4 April 1990).

ADDITIONAL SPECIES STUDIED: Caloglossa monosticha

Kamiya; Australia: Derby [M. Kamiya, 2 October 1991,

holotype (TNS-AL-42365)].

REMARKS: In the Americas, Caloglossa confusa sp. nov.

was previously identified as ‘C. monosticha’ based on

morphology (Kamiya et al. 2000, 2003, 2011). Kamiya et al.

(2003) already recognised the strains isolated from Florida

and Brazil had stronger constrictions at each node than the

western Pacific strains and also demonstrated their distant

relationship on the basis of the LSU analysis. Hybridization

studies further demonstrated that the strain from Florida

was reproductively isolated from three culture collections

from the Pacific (Kamiya et al. 2003). In the present study,

the rbcL analysis that was not carried out in the Kamiya et

al. (2003) corroborates that the western Atlantic specimens

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are genetically distinct from the western Pacific ones.

Furthermore, the specimens from North Carolina and

Mexico were newly obtained for our study. Consequently,

we concluded to distinguish the western Atlantic entity as a

new species, C. confusa.

Wynne & De Clerck (1999) have suggested that Calo-

glossa monosticha sensu Kamiya et al. (1997) was not a

distinct species and placed C. monosticha in synonymy with

C. saigonensis based on a lack of distinctive morphological

features between the two taxa. Kamiya et al. (1999) in a

subsequent work resurrected C. monosticha based on mor-

phological characteristics, namely, the presence of a single

row of cells derived from a nodal cell, and blade shape

as evidence that C. monosticha is a distinct species from

C. saigonensis.

Studies of the type material of C. monosticha reveal

vegetative differences distinguishing it from C. confusa. The

most striking difference between these two species is the

strong constriction at the node in C. confusa (Fig. 3) versus

a slight constriction in C. monosticha (see Kamiya et al.

1997, figs 3–5), along with different blade shapes. Under

similar culture conditions, C. confusa tends to generate

ovate blades (Fig. 4); whereas, C. monosticha does not, thus

demonstrating the stability of the character (Fig. 5). Blade

length in mature blades is generally greater in C. confusa

(2.5–5.5 mm) than in C. monosticha (1.5–3.0 mm), with

some degree of overlap within each species range. Although

these differences are not overwhelming, they are sufficiently

different to identify each species from the other. In addition

to vegetative characters, rbcL and LSU rDNA sequence

data (Figs 1, 2) indicate that the two taxa form separate

lineages, and when additional taxa of the C. continua

complex are included in the analysis, C. confusa and C.

monosticha do not form a monophyletic group. The mole-

cular evidence (Fig. 2) also supports the view of Kamiya

et al. (1997, 1999) that C. monosticha is distinct from

C. saigonensis.

Caloglossa confusa is easily differentiated from the other

species of the genus reported from the Americas as it is

the only taxon reported to have the type G rhizoidal

arrangement as defined by Kamiya et al. (2003). Superfi-

cially, this species could be confused only with C. rotundata

and C. ruetzleri, which share a similar blade morphology

with C. confusa, elliptical to rotundate and ovate to sub-

ovate, respectively. Both C. rotundata and C. ruetzleri have

a different rhizoid arrangement from C. confusa (Table 2).

In addition, C. rotundata generates adventitious branches,

and C. ruetzleri lacks an adaxial cell row derived from the

first axial cell of a lateral axis.

Caloglossa fluviatilis Krayesky, Fredericq et J.N. Norris, sp.

nov.

(Figs 14–25)

Thalli caespitosi, plani, materia herbarii pallida fusca ad

pallidam violaceorubram, subdichotomi ramosi, usque ad

(0.5–)0.7–1.3 cm longis, constantes ex costae regione alis

monostromaticis alteruter latere. Regio costae constans

ex duo cellulis transversalibusque duo cellulis lateralibus

periaxiaibus, serie axiali cellulis. Laminae lanceolatae, me-

dianam regionem 6.0(–7.0) mm longaeque 0.8–1.1 mm latae

constrictae valde ad nodos. Ramificatio endogenea absens.

Ramificatio adventitia praesens. Fila rhizoidea formantia

cellulis periaxialibus nodi alatocellulis marginalibusque

vicinis. Cellulae basales rhizoideae non arcte appressae for-

mantes tumulum corticalem similem stipitis. Series cellu-

larum adaxialis oriunda e prima axiali cellula lateralis axis

praesens. Numerus serierum cellularum oriundarum e cel-

lula axiali nodalis opposita ramum laterale unus. Numerus

serierum cellularum oriundarum e prima cellula axiali in

axem principalem opposita ramum laterale 2–4. Reproduc-

tio ignota.

Thalli arranged in tufts (Fig. 14), flat, herbarium

material pale brown to pale violet-red, subdichotomously

branched (Figs 15, 16), and up to (0.5–)0.7–1.3 cm long,

consisting of a midrib region with monostromatic wings on

either side. Midrib region composed of two transverse and

two lateral periaxial cells, and one axial cell series. Blades

lanceolate 3.0–6.0(–7.0) mm long and 0.8–1.1 mm wide at

median node region and strongly constricted at nodes.

Endogenous branching absent. Adventitious branching

present (Figs 22–25). Rhizoids forming from nodal periax-

ial cells in addition to adjacent marginal wing cells (Figs 20,

21). Basal rhizoidal cells not tightly adherent to form a

stipe-like cortical pad. Adaxial cell row derived from first

axial cell from lateral axis present (Fig. 19). Number of cell

rows derived from nodal axial cell opposite lateral branch is

one; two- to four-cell rows derived from the first axial cell

of main axis opposite lateral branch (Figs. 17, 18).

Reproductive structures were not found.

ETYMOLOGY: This species epithet, fluviatilis (from the

Latin ‘of the stream’), is named for the freshwater system

the species inhabits.

HOLOTYPE: Pedro Miguel Lock, Pedro Miguel, Republic

of Panama [08u59946.420N, 79u35930.490W]; on cement of

western wall of upper western lock (freshwater), 5 May

1999, coll. B.S. Wysor, 421 (US Alg. Type Coll. 217746);

isotype LAF.

DISTRIBUTION: Central America: Known only from the

type locality.

HABITAT: Occurring in freshwater stream or rivers;

attached to cement.

REMARKS: Caloglossa fluviatilis is newly reported from

tropical Central America. It was previously reported from

Panama as C. beccarii by Lin et al. (2001). The rhizoidal

arrangement of this species is of the type F arrangement of

Kamiya et al. (2003) and not the type D arrangement as

seen in C. beccarii and C. stipitata reported by Kamiya

et al. (2003). Thallus nodes in C. beccarii are only mod-

erately constricted; whereas, nodes in C. fluviatilis are

strongly constricted. Furthermore, LSU sequence data

indicate that C. fluviatilis forms a lineage that is separate

from C. beccarii. The clarification presented herein

effectively removes C. beccarii from the marine flora of

the western Atlantic.

Caloglossa fluviatilis is easily distinguished from other

Caloglossa species from the region. Although C. apomeio-

tica, C. leprieurii and C. fluviatilis have a type F rhizoidal

arrangement as described in Kamyia et al. (2003), thalli of

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C. fluviatilis are more constricted at the nodes, possess

adaxial cell rows derived from the first axial cell of the

lateral axis, lack a corticated pad at the base of the rhizoid

filaments and produce adventitious branching. Caloglossa

ogasawaraensis likewise can easily be differentiated from C.

fluviatilis in that the former has a type E rhizoid

arrangement (Kamiya et al. 2003), a median thallus blade

width of 0.1–0.5 mm and a range that is smaller and does

not overlap with that of C. fluviatilis (0.8–1.1 mm).

Furthermore, unlike the new species, C. ogasawaraensis is

not strongly constricted at the nodes.

The only species from the region that C. fluviatilis may

superficially be mistaken for are C. confusa, C. rotundata

and C. ruetzleri due to the thallus blades not being strap-

like. Although the nodes of C. fluviatilis are strongly

constricted as in these three species, the blades are

lanceolate in C. fluviatilis (Table 2). Caloglossa fluviatilis

also generates proliferous adventitious branches and

appears to lack endogenous branching; however, endoge-

nous branching is present in C. confusa, C. rotundata and C.

ruetzleri, and adventitious branching is lacking in all three

except for C. rotundata, where it is occurs rarely. This

species further differs from C. confusa, C. rotundata and C.

ruetzleri in rhizoid anatomy; however, whereas C. ruetzleri

shares with C. fluviatilis a type F rhizoid arrangement, the

rhizoidal filaments in the former are organized in a

corticated pad at their base.

Other species of Caloglossa reported from the Americas

Caloglossa leprieurii (Montagne) G. Martens

(1869, pp. 234, 237)

BASIONYM: Delesseria leprieurii Montagne (1840, 196–197,

pl. 5, fig. 1).

TYPE LOCALITY: Sinnamary, NW of Cayenne, French

Guiana.

DISTRIBUTION: Caloglossa leprieurii appears widespread in

tropical waters of western Atlantic, eastern Pacific and

Indian Oceans. Western Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda, Puerto

Rico, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana and

Venezuela. Eastern Pacific: Costa Rica. Indian Ocean:

India, Madagascar, South Africa (Krayesky et al. 2011).

HABITAT: Epiphytic on mangrove pneumatophores and prop

roots; intertidal to very shallow subtidal (Krayesky et al. 2011).

REMARKS: The generitype C. leprieurii is differentiated

from most of the species reported from the Americas,

except for C. apicula, C. apomeiotica and C. ruetzleri, based

on the absence of an adaxial cell row derived from the first

axial cell from the lateral axis. The species can be confused

with the somewhat similar C. apomeiotica (see remarks

below for C. apomeiotica), but it is easily differentiated

from C. ruetzleri in blade morphology and in cell row

number from the first axial cell at the main axis opposite

the lateral axis (Table 2). Caloglossa leprieurii can likewise

be readily distinguished from C. apicula as rhizoid filaments

are organized in a cortical pad in C. leprieurii and not C.

apicula; it is also tropical in its distribution unlike the

temperate C. apicula.

Caloglossa leprieurii has been wrongly applied to western

Atlantic specimens presently distinguished as other spe-

cies (e.g. C. apicula, C. apomeiotica, C. intermedia and C.

ruetzleri) by investigators for nearly 150 years (Krayesky

et al. 2011). In a recent study of Caloglossa, namely,

Kamiya et al. (2011), many strains from this area were still

assigned to C. leprieurii because that report paper was

published prior to the appearance of Krayesky et al. (2011).

A combination of rbcL, LSU and morphological data has

elucidated part of the C. leprieurii complex occurring in

the Americas, and at present this species is no longer

verified from western Atlantic habitats in the United States

(Krayesky et al. 2011).

Caloglossa apomeiotica J.A. West & Zuccarello (1994,

p. 383, figs 1–15)

TYPE LOCALITY: On mangrove prop roots, Puerto San

Carlos, Bahıa Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Pacific

Mexico.

DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Pacific: Baja California Sur, Mex-

ico to Central America. Western Atlantic: South Carolina,

USA to Brazil (Krayesky et al. 2011).

HABITAT: Associated with mangroves, growing on pneu-

matophores of Avicennia germinans (Linnaeus) Linnaeus

and Laguncularia racemosa (Linnaeus) Gaerth and prop

r

Figs 3–13. Caloglossa confusa sp. nov. (Figs 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13: Isla Chinchorro, Campeche, Mexico; Figs 4, 8, 10, 12: R. Pereque, I. doCardoso, S.P. Brazil.; Fig. 5: Holotype of Caloglossa monosticha; M. Kamiya, 2 October 1991, TNS-AL-42365).

Fig. 3. Habit. Scale bar 5 2.0 mm.Fig. 4. Cultured specimen of C. confusa. Scale bar 5 1.0 mm.Fig. 5. Thallus of cultured material of C. monosticha. Scale bar 5 1.0 mm.Fig. 6. Juvenile node. Short straight arrow points to the nodal axial cell; long straight arrow points to the first axial cell of main axis;arrowhead points to the first axial cell of the lateral axis. Scale bar 5 100 mm.Fig. 7. Mature node showing strong constriction at thallus node. Scale bar 5 0.5 mm.Fig. 8. Nodal region with an adaxial cell row derived from the first axial cell of lateral axis. Scale bar 5 100 mm.Fig. 9. Main axis of a mature node. Arrowheads point to the cell row lineages derived from the first axial cell of the main axis opposite thelateral branch. Scale bar 5 100 mm.Fig. 10. Endogenous branching. Scale bar 5 0.25 mm.Fig. 11. Rhizoid cell initials; cell initials located apically of midrib cells demonstrating type G arrangement of rhizoids of Kamiya et al.(2003). Scale bar 5 100 mm.Fig. 12. Mature rhizoids of the type G arrangement showing rhizoidal filament located apically of midrib cells. Scale bar 5 100 mm.Fig. 13. Blade with tetrasporangia. Scale bar 5 0.5 mm.

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Figs 14–25. Caloglossa fluviatilis sp. nov. (Figs 14–25: Pedro Miguel Lock, Pedro Miguel, Panama).Fig. 14. Habit. Scale bar 5 2.0 mm.Fig. 15. Thallus blades showing strong constriction at node. Scale bar 5 1.0 mm.Fig. 16. Lateral axis (arrow) demonstrating significantly less growth than the main axis. Scale bar 5 1.0 mm.Fig. 17. Juvenile node. Short straight arrow points to the nodal axial cell; long straight arrow points to the first axial cell of main axis;arrowhead points to the first axial cell of the lateral axis. Scale bar 5 100 mm.Fig. 18. Higher magnification of the juvenile node in Fig. 17. Arrowheads point to the cell row lineages derived from the first axial cell ofthe main axis opposite the lateral branch. Scale bar 5 100 mm.Fig. 19. Nodal region of thallus illustrating the presence of an adaxial cell row derived from the first axial cell of the lateral axis(arrowhead). Scale bar 5 50 mm.

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roots of Rhizophora mangle Linnaeus (Krayesky et al.

2011).

REMARKS: Caloglossa apomeiotica is closely allied with C.

leprieurii, C. apicula and C. ruetzleri (Krayesky et al. 2011).

It can be readily distinguished from C. apicula by the

presence of a cortical pad associated at the base of the

rhizoid filaments and by ovate blades in that of C. ruetzleri.

Caloglossa apomeiotica can be separated vegetatively from

C. leprieurii by the number of cell rows derived from the

first axial cell of the main axis opposite to the lateral

branch; however, there is overlap in the cell row range

between these species [i.e. two to five in C. apomeiotica vs

three to seven in C. leprieurii]. Therefore, material in which

the nonoverlapping parts of the cell row range can be

observed is required to make a definite determination be-

tween these two species. Caloglossa apomeiotica has some-

what more robust thalli than C. leprieurii (Table 2), and

material of the latter whose median blade width is closer to

the larger end of the range in C. apomeiotica will further aid

in distinguishing C. apomeiotica from C. leprieurii.

Caloglossa apicula (Durant) Krayesky, Fredericq & J.N.

Norris (2011, figs 4 A–L)

BASIONYM: Apiarium apicula Durant (1850, p. 18).

TYPE LOCALITY: On Fucus vesiculous Linneaus, northwest

side of Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, New Jersey,

USA.

DISTRIBUTION: Northern Gulf of Mexico: Texas to middle

Gulf Florida. Eastern United States: Connecticut to middle

Atlantic Florida (Krayesky et al. 2011). Caloglossa apicula

appears widespread along the coast of the northern Gulf of

Mexico and the eastern United States and is often common

where found. It represents much of what in the past was

identified by workers as C. leprieurii.

HABITAT: Growing on rock, Spartina alterniflora Loise-

leur-Deslongchamps, and epiphytic on pneumatophores of

A. germinans (Linnaeus) Linnaeus in salt marshes and

mangroves; also occasional in freshwater streams and rivers

on sediments and grasses (Krayesky et al. 2011).

REMARKS: Caloglossa apicula is a temperate species. It can

be easily distinguished from other species of Caloglossa

with similar distribution. Unlike C. ogasawaraensis, this

species lacks abundant adventitious branching, does not

possess an adaxial cell row derived from the first axial cell

of the lateral axis and has a different rhizoidal arrangement

(Table 2). Two other species, C. apomeiotica and C. inter-

media, both produce a cortical pad in which the base of

rhizoid filaments are attached in contrast to C. apicula,

which lacks this structure.

Caloglossa ruetzleri Krayesky, Fredericq & J.N. Norris

(2011, figs 6 A–G)

HOLOTYPE: Epiphytic on mangrove pneumatophores and

prop roots, Twin Cays, Belize, [16u489N; 88u059W], 18 May

2006, intertidal, coll. S. Fredericq, J.N. Norris, C.F.D.

Gurgel & R.H. Sims, K169 (US Alg. Type Coll.- 0210477);

isotypes: LAF.

DISTRIBUTION: Caribbean Sea: Panama and Belize. Gulf of

Mexico: Florida Keys (Krayesky et al. 2011). Caloglossa

ruetzleri appears thus far to be restricted to the neotropics.

HABITAT: Intertidal; growing on red mangrove pneumat-

ophores and prop roots (Krayesky et al. 2011).

REMARKS: Caloglossa ruetzleri is distinct from C. apomeio-

tica and C. leprieurii in being highly constricted at the nodes

and in generating an ovate to subovate blade morphology.

In addition, C. ruetzleri generates only a single cell row that

is derived from the first axial cell of the main axis opposite

the lateral axis unlike in C. apomeiotica (two to five) and

C. leprieurii (three to seven). The only other taxa that

C. ruetzleri could superficially be confused with based on

blade morphology and constriction at the nodes are

C. confusa, C. rotundata and perhaps C. fluviatilis. The

presence of a cortical pad in which the bases of the rhizoid

filaments are joined, in addition to the absence of an adaxial

cell row derived from first axial cell from lateral axis, easily

distinguish C. ruetzleri from the former three species.

Caloglossa intermedia Kamiya & J.A. West (2000, p. 419,

figs. 1–5)

TYPE LOCALITY: James Island, South Carolina, USA.

DISTRIBUTION: Northwestern Atlantic: New Jersey to Florida.

HABITAT: Growing on Salicornia perennis (P. Miller) A.J.

Scott and on Spartina alterniflora in salt marshes.

SPECIMENS STUDIED: South Carolina: James Is. (topotype:

D.R. Wiseman, 10 July 2003); Georgia: Sapelo Is. (M.

Darley, 24 October 1990); Florida: St. Augustine (G.A. Hall,

s. dat., US-00296142).

REMARKS: Caloglossa intermedia is here newly reported

from the eastern Florida coast. It is easily distingui-

shed from the other species reported from the region, C.

apomeiotica, C. apicula and C. ogasawaraensis. Caloglossa

ogasawaraensis is different from C. intermedia by its smaller

median blade width and production of abundant adventi-

r

Figs 20, 21. Rhizoids at node displaying the type F arrangement of Kamiya et al. (2003). Mound of corticated cells at the base of therhizoid filaments absent. Scale bars 5 100 mm.Fig. 22. Thallus node with multiple adventitious branches. Scale bar 5 1.0 mm.Figs 23, 24. Higher magnification of the thallus node in Fig. 22. Arrow points to a juvenile adventitious branch. Scale bars 5 100 mm.Fig. 25. Thallus node with an adventitious branch at vertical arrow. Horizontal arrow points to the lateral axis showing significantly lessgrowth than the main axis. Scale bar 5 100 mm.

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tious branches (Table 2). Caloglossa apicula and C. oga-

sawaraensis do not develop rhizoids that are tightly

adhering at the base to form a mound of cells (cortical

pad), as seen in C. intermedia. Furthermore, C. intermedia

does generate an adaxial cell row derived from the first

axial cell of the lateral axis; whereas, both C. apomeiotica

and C. apicula lack this condition. Caloglossa intermedia is

further distinct based on rbcL sequence data.

Caloglossa ogasawaraensis Okamura (1897, pp. 12–13, figs

A–D)

TYPE LOCALITY: Ogasawara-gunto (Bonin Islands), Japan.

DISTRIBUTION: Western Pacific: Japan to Australia. Indian

Ocean: India, Bombay. Eastern Atlantic: Tanzania, Zanzi-

bar. Western Atlantic: South Carolina, USA to Brazil.

HABITAT: Associated with mangrove pneumatophores.

SPECIMENS STUDIED: Western Atlantic: Florida: Charlotte

Harbor (J.A. West, 19 September 2000); Miami, (J.A. West,

14 June 1994); Daytona Beach (T.O. Cho, 1 February

2004); Georgia: Fort Pulaski (J.A. West, 18 June 1994);

South Carolina: James Is. (J.A. West, 17 June 1994);

Guatemala: (J.A. West, 22 March 1993); Brazil: I. do

Cardoso, Sao Paulo, (J.A. West, 24 November 1989).

WESTERN PACIFIC: Bali: Nusa Lembongan (J.A. West,

25 April 1999); Japan: Bonin Islands (C. Wright, s. dat.,

US-00296138).

REMARKS: This is the first published report of C. oga-

sawaraensis from the Gulf of Mexico. Caloglossa ogasawar-

aensis is morphologically distinct from other species

primarily based on its fine stature of which the median

blade width is 0.1–0.5 mm, and the possession of a type E

rhizoid arrangement (Kamiya et al. 2003). It differs from

all other reported species from the Americas, except

C. fluviatilis and C. rotundata, in its prolific generation of

adventitious branches. The rbcL and LSU rDNA sequence

data suggest that the western Atlantic populations repre-

sent a separate species from that of the western Pacific

populations. Despite a disjunct distribution, they are

treated here for the present as a single species until a more

detailed investigation can determine if there are morpho-

logical characteristics that distinguish between these two

groups.

Caloglossa rotundata Kamiya (2003, pp. 493–494, figs 17–20)

TYPE LOCALITY: Buena Vista, Likin, Guatemala.

DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Pacific: Guatemala to Panama.

Caloglossa rotundata appears to be uncommon in its range.

HABITAT: Growing on prop roots and trunks of the

mangrove Rhizophora mangle L. and a marine mudflat.

SPECIMENS STUDIED: Guatemala: Likin (J.A. West, 22

March 1993); Panama: Bay of Panama (B. Wysor, 9

September 1999).

REMARKS: Appearing narrowly distributed, C. rotundata is

known only from the type collection and our newly reported

material collected from the Bay of Panama, Pacific Panama.

This species is easily differentiated from other species of

Caloglossa reported from the tropics of the Americas (see

Table 2) by its rhizoidal morphology, as it is the only species

known to have the type C rhizoidal arrangement presented

in Kamiya et al. (2003). As C. rotundata possesses an axial

cell row derived from the first axial cell of the lateral axis, it

can easily be distinguished from species that lack it, such as

C. apomeiotica, C. leprieurii and C. ruetzleri. In addition to

rhizoidal morphology, C. rotundata is distinguished from

C. ogasawaraensis and C. confusa in that it produces both

endogenous and adventitious branching and because the

median blade width is much finer in C. ogasawaraensis

(Table 2). Caloglossa fluviatilis can further be differentiated

from C. rotundata based on the prolific generation of

adventitious branching, lack of endogenous branching and

the lanceolate blade morphology of the thallus in the

former.

The rbcL and LSU sequence data demonstrate that the

type material from Guatemala and the Panama collection

form a monophyletic group. However, there seems to be a

significant amount of genetic divergence between these two

populations, suggesting that they are two separate spe-

cies. The arrangement of rhizoids in the Panama collection

appears to approach more of a type B arrangement of

Kamiya et al. (2003) except for the occasional formation

of rhizoid filaments from dorsal periaxial cells and the

common appearance of adventitious branching. At this

time, there is not enough Panamanian material to properly

evaluate or make a substantial type collection; thus, it

remains herein identified as ‘C. rotundata’ until additional

material can be obtained.

DISCUSSION

Nine species of Caloglossa are now reported for the Amer-

icas: C. apicula, C. apomeiotica, C. confusa, C. fluviatilis,

C. intermedia, C. leprieurii, C. ogasawaraensis, C. rotundata

and C. ruetzleri. Caloglossa monosticha as reported by

Kamiya et al. (2003) is excluded from the marine flora of

the Americas. The taxon going under the name ‘C. mono-

sticha’ from the western Atlantic is herein identified as a

new species, C. confusa. Caloglossa confusa and C. mono-

sticha do not represent a monophyletic group when

analyzed with other members of the C. continua complex

based on rbcL and LSU rDNA sequence data, and their

blade shape and length also demonstrate that these are two

different species. Rhizoidal arrangement and sequence data

likewise support the premise that C. confusa is most closely

related to the members of the C. continua complex. The

collection from Panama that was putatively identified as

C. beccarii by Lin et al. (2001) is described as a new strictly

freshwater species, C. fluviatilis. Although these two taxa

contain adventitious branching and according to Sato &

Akiyama (2001) C. beccarii can also be found in freshwater

localities, these species differ from one another in rhizoidal

arrangement and degree of constriction at the thallus nodes.

Both rbcL and LSU rDNA sequence data further support

the conclusion that they are separate species (Figs 1, 2). In

addition, C. fluviatilis is part of the monophyletic group

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that contain Caloglossa species, whose only mode of

secondary branching is adventitious.

The nine species reported here are distinct based on

molecular sequence data and vegetative characters. All nine

species are well supported by rbcL and LSU rDNA data,

except for C. fluviatilis, as we have included only one

sequence for both markers since it is known only from the

type locality (Figs 1, 2). Additionally, interspecific sequence

divergence for rbcL of the nine species ranges between 2.7%

and 14.1%. It has been shown that a sequence divergence,

for rbcL, of at least 2.7% between Caloglossa taxa indicates

they are separate species (Krayesky et al. 2011). These

species can furthermore be differentiated from one another

based on vegetative characters that include rhizoidal

morphology, degree of constriction at the thallus nodes,

secondary branching pattern, blade morphology, blade

width, number of cell rows cut off from the first axial cell

of the main axis, presence or absence of an adaxial cell

row derived from first axial cell of lateral axis and, when

present, the position of the cystocarp on the blades

(terminal vs terminal and subterminal).

Caloglossa in all likelihood is more diverse in Central

America than has been reported. For example, the collection

from the Bay of Panama, Pacific Panama, is most closely

allied with C. rotundata based on its morphological affinities

and rbcL sequence data. Unfortunately, lack of sufficient

material limits comparative morphological studies to

determine if it is a new or previously described species;

hence, it is tentatively referred to as ‘C. rotundata’.

Of all the species reported in this study, C. ogasawaraensis

has the broadest distribution, being nearly pantropical and

also found in subtropical to temperate localities. Other

Caloglossa species appear more restricted in their range than

C. ogasawaraensis, suggesting it may encompass more than

one taxon. A worldwide revision of C. ogasawaraensis is

needed to better understand the intraspecific relationships

within this species and to assess if it actually encompasses

more than one species. More specimens from regions

outside the Americas, specifically the region of the type

locality, are needed to accurately understand the intraspe-

cific relationships within C. ogasawaraensis.

The present study also demonstrates that, according to

rbcL and LSU sequence data, Caloglossa is monophyletic

based on the ML phylogenies. This is likewise supported by

the studies of Kamiya et al. (2003), as their MP and ML

phylogenies for their LSU data set of the genus were

likewise monophyletic. When we used an outgroup of both

T. perpusillum and Centroceras gasparrinii (Meneghini)

Kutzing (data not shown) the MP, ML and Bayesian

phylogenies demonstrated that Caloglossa was found to be

monophyletic and well supported.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The National Science Foundation Grants DEB PEET

0328491, DEB 091905, DEB 0936216 and OISE 0819205

who supported parts of this study. We would like to thank

all collectors cited in Table 1 and National Museum of

Natural History (US) for sending material used in this

study. In addition, we would also like to thank Giuseppe C.

Zuccarello, Craig, W. Schneider and Jerry G. Chmielewski

for their helpful remarks on this manuscript.

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