Check List 15(3): 509-514, doi: 10.15560/15.3.509
Acanthophora dendroides Harvey (Rhodomelaceae), a new record for the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
expand article infoGabriela Garcia-Soto‡, Juan Lopez-Bautista‡
‡ The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, United States of America

Corresponding author: Gabriela Garcia-Soto ( gaba1503@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Luciane Fontana da Silva
© Gabriela Garcia-Soto, Juan Lopez-Bautista.
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Citation: García-Soto GC, Lopez-Bautista JM (2019) Acanthophora dendroides Harvey (Rhodomelaceae), a new record for the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Check List 15(3): 509-514. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.3.509
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Abstract

We record Acanthophora dendroides Harvey for the first time in the Atlantic Ocean. Two specimens from the Philippines were resolved as conspecific to the Atlantic A. dendroides in molecular analyses extending its geographic range to the Philippines. In light of new evidence provided by field-collected specimens of Acanthophora spicifera (M.Vahl) Børgesen (generitype) from Florida and Venezuela, the flattened species A. pacifica (Setchell) Kraft, showed no affinity to Acanthophora sensu stricto, suggesting that the genus should be restricted to cylindrical species only. 

Keywords
Atlantic Ocean, Philippines, taxonomy