Chatcharee Keawsuralikhit

• Biodiversity Journal, 3 (3): 247-250

  Narongrit Muangmai, Sinchai Maneekat, Nidsaraporn Petsut & Chatcharee Keawsuralikhit
  Newly reported marine red alga, Neosiphonia savatieri (Hariot) M.S. Kim et I.K. Lee, 1999 (Rhodophyta Rhodomelaceae) from Thailand

  ABSTRACT
  Neosiphonia savatieri (Hariot) Myung Sook Kim et In Kyu Lee, 1999 is reported for the first time from Thailand based on specimens collected from the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman sea. We herein describe the vegetative and reproductive morphology of the specimens. Important features for species identification include the thallus configuration, number of pericentral cells, cortication, branching pattern, origin of rhizoids, origin of branches, occurrence of trichoblasts and reproductive characteristics. Our results expand the known geographic distribution of this species and confirm its taxonomic features.

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