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New Record of the Delesseriacean Parasitic Red Alga, Asterocolax denticulatus in Korea

Chansong Kim, Young Sik Kim, Ki Wan Nam
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology (환경생물)
Vol. 35 No. 3 (2017.09)
pp.341-344
한국환경생물학회 (Korean Society Of Environmental Biology)
초록

The delesseriacean parasitic red algal Asterocolax species was collected from Jindo in the southern coast of Korea. This parasitic species found on Pseudopolyneura japonica. And it is distinct from other species of Asterocolax with more or less denticulate branches when matured. This Korean entity is identified as Asterocolax denticulatus (Tokida) Feldmann & Feldmann (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) based on these features. This is the first record of A. denticulatus in Korea.

키워드
Pseudopolyneura japonicafirst recorddenticulate branches
저자
  • Chansong Kim(Department of Marine Biotechnology, Kunsan National University)
  • Young Sik Kim(Department of Marine Biotechnology, Kunsan National University) Corresponding author
  • Ki Wan Nam(Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University)