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Marine green alga Cladophora aokii Yamada and its epiphytes from Yinggehai, Hainan, China: morphological taxonomy, formation and analysis of its environmental adaption
DING Lanping, DAI Yue, HUANG Bingxin, LI Yongmei, LIU Rui, DENG Shaoyang
2018, 37(10): 40-45. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1299-9
Keywords: Hainan, Yinggehai, Cladophoraceae, morphological taxonomy, growth pattern, environmental adaption
Based on specimens collected in Yinggehai, Hainan, China from 2013 to 2016, a stable epiphytic taxon is found on the surface of the individual of marine green alga Cladophora aokii Yamada. According to the morphological characteristics, the taxonomy of Cl. aokii and its epiphytes is carried out. There are some epiphytes attached on Cl. aokii Yamada including Cl. fascicularis (Mertens ex C. Agardh) Kützing, Chaetomorpha pachynema (Montagne) Kützing, Ceramium camouii Dawson, Licmophora abbreviata Agardh, Lyngbya sp. and Chattonella sp.. The formation of the individual of Cl. aokii is dissected and explained, which can help to analyze the adaption in details among this species, its epiphytes and native marine environment. The results reveal the marine macro-epiphytic taxonomy in Hainan, China, and preliminarily explain the adaptive relationship between macroalgae and environment.