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- Title
A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW RED ALGAL ORDER, THE THOREALES<sup>1</sup>.
- Authors
Müller, Kirsten M.; Sherwood, Alison R.; Pueschel, Curt M.; Gutell, Robin R.; Sheath, Robert G.
- Abstract
Representatives of the freshwater red algal family Thoreaceae were studied to resolve their taxonomic and phylogenetic status. Three specimens of Nemalionopsis and five collections of Thorea were examined for pit plug ultrastructure and analyzed for the sequences of the genes coding for the large subunit of RUBISCO (rbc L) and the small subunit of rRNA (18S rRNA). The phylogenetic trees generated from the two genes, and a combined tree all showed the Thoreaceae to be contained in a well-supported monophyletic clade that is separate from the other two families currently classified in the Batrachospermales, the Batrachospermaceae and the Lemaneaceae. In addition, secondary structure elements of the 18S rRNA gene were observed at positions 650 and 1145 (Escherichia coli numbering system) that are not present in other members of the Rhodophyta. The pit plugs of the gametophytic and chantransia stages of the Thoreaceae contain two cap layers, the outer one of which is typically plate-like, though occasionally inflated ones have been seen. No pit plug cap membrane has been observed. These findings indicate the Thoreaceae has been misclassified in the Batrachospermales and should be placed in its own order, the Thoreales. This order is characterized by having freshwater representatives with multiaxial gametophytes, a uniaxial chantransia stage, and pit plugs with two cap layers, the outer one of which is usually plate-like.
- Subjects
RED algae; CLASSIFICATION; FRESHWATER algae; PHYLOGENY
- Publication
Journal of Phycology, 2002, Vol 38, Issue 4, p807
- ISSN
0022-3646
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.01055.x