00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862388667 Buklod 20210323153053.0 m | | ta 210323s2019 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00039569095 STII-DOST BAG rda eng ARTICLE-2847 Dumilag, Richard V. author. DNA barcodes of Caulerpa species (Caulerpaceae, Chlorophyta) from the Northern Philippines by Richard V. Dumilag, Zae-Zae A. Aguinaldo, Ver Angelo M. Alcoriza, Maria Pia Sarah B. Balucanag, Allissa Rose T. Dulalia, and Arnel R. Sayasa. 2019. pages 337-347 illustrations, maps (some color) 26 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-347) Species discrimination in Caulerpa ? a seaweed genus of economic importance ? can be difficult because its members are often morphologically variable, occasionally with some morphological overlap between species. One of the most common approaches to circumvent this challenge is the integration of phenotypic data with information gained from short reference DNA sequences or DNA barcodes. Previous investigations based on this approach have incorporated only a limited number of specimens of Caulerpa from the Philippines. The present study aimed to identify Caulerpa collections from the northern Philippines aided with DNA barcodes. TufA gene sequence data of recent intertidal and shallow subtidal collections confirmed the presence of seven genetically recognized Caulerpa species in the northern Philippines, namely C. chemnitzia, C. cupressoides, C. elongata, C. oligophylla, C. racemosa, C. serrulata, and C. sertularioides. Caulerpa elongata and C. oligophylla were confirmed occurring in the area for the first time. With the addition of species recorded previously but not found during the present study, this brings the total number of Caulerpa species in the region to 15 species. (Author's abstract) Biology. Caulerpa elongata. Caulerpa oligophylla. Dna barcoding. Taxonomy. Tufa gene. Balucanag, Maria Pia Sarah B. author. Dulalia, Allissa Rose T. author. Alcoriza, Ver Angelo M. author. Aguinaldo, Zae-Zae A. author. Sayasa, Arnel R. author. The Philippine Journal of Science Vol. 148, no. 2, June 2019. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 (viewed 23 March 2021) FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-2847 Analytics