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

Antonio Manghisi , Clara Bertuccio , Simona Armeli Minicante , Viviana Fiorentino , Line Le Gall (1) , Giuseppa Genovese , Marina Morabito

1 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité

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).

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

Domains: Vegetal Biology; Biodiversity; Molecular biology; Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy; Life Sciences [q-bio]

Antonio Manghisi, Clara Bertuccio, Simona Armeli Minicante, Viviana Fiorentino, Line Le Gall, et al.. Identifying alien macroalgae through DNA barcoding: the case of Hypnea cornuta (Cystocloniaceae, Rhodophyta). Transitional Waters Bulletin, 2011, 5 (1), pp.1-7. ⟨10.1285/i1825229Xv5n1p42⟩. ⟨mnhn-03629569⟩