Marine Flora of French Polynesia: An Updated List Using DNA Barcoding and Traditional Approaches
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Date | 2023-08 | ||||||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||||||
Author(s) | Vieira Christophe1, 2, Kim Myung Sook1, N’yeurt Antoine De Ramon3, Payri Claude4, D’hondt Sofie2, de Clerck Olivier2, Zubia Mayalen5 | ||||||||||||
Affiliation(s) | 1 : Department of Biology and Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Republic of Korea 2 : Phycology Research Group, Center for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium 3 : Pacific Center for Environment an Sustainable Development, The University of the South Pacific, Private Mail Bag, Suva P.O. Box 1168, Fiji 4 : Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Nouméa 98848, New Caledonia 5 : UMR Ecosystèmes Insulaires Océaniens, University of French Polynesia, BP6570, Faa’a 98702, Tahiti, French Polynesia |
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Source | Biology-basel (2079-7737) (MDPI AG), 2023-08 , Vol. 12 , N. 8 , P. 1124 (60p.) | ||||||||||||
DOI | 10.3390/biology12081124 | ||||||||||||
WOS© Times Cited | 1 | ||||||||||||
Note | This article belongs to the Special Issue Polynesian Seaweeds Biodiversity, Biogeography and Evolution | ||||||||||||
Keyword(s) | algae, Chlorophyta, Cyanobacteria, Rhodophyta, molecular-assisted alpha taxonomy, Ochrophyta, seagrass, seaweeds | ||||||||||||
Abstract | Located in the heart of the South Pacific Ocean, the French Polynesian islands represent a remarkable setting for biological colonization and diversification, because of their isolation. Our knowledge of this region’s biodiversity is nevertheless still incomplete for many groups of organisms. In the late 1990s and 2000s, a series of publications provided the first checklists of French Polynesian marine algae, including the Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta, Ochrophyta, and Cyanobacteria, established mostly on traditional morphology-based taxonomy. We initiated a project to systematically DNA barcode the marine flora of French Polynesia. Based on a large collection of ~2452 specimens, made between 2014 and 2023, across the five French Polynesian archipelagos, we re-assessed the marine floral species diversity (Alismatales, Cyanobacteria, Rhodophyta, Ochrophyta, Chlorophyta) using DNA barcoding in concert with morphology-based classification. We provide here a major revision of French Polynesian marine flora, with an updated listing of 702 species including 119 Chlorophyta, 169 Cyanobacteria, 92 Ochrophyta, 320 Rhodophyta, and 2 seagrass species—nearly a two-fold increase from previous estimates. This study significantly improves our knowledge of French Polynesian marine diversity and provides a valuable DNA barcode reference library for identification purposes and future taxonomic and conservation studies. A significant part of the diversity uncovered from French Polynesia corresponds to unidentified lineages, which will require careful future taxonomic investigation. |
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