Miuraea migitae, a new record of the order Bangiales (Bangiophyceae, Rhodophyta) from Korea

Abstract

Abstract We found specimens of foliose Bangiales from the subtidal zone of Udo, Jeju Island, Korea. In molecular analyses of rbcL sequences, these Korean specimens were almost identical to Miuraea migitae from Osaka, Japan. In the morphological comparison, Korean specimens were consistent with habitat, color, and vegetative characteristics with the description of M. migitae. This is the first record of M. migitae outside the type locality and Nagasaki in Japan. This study confirms that new or unrecorded species of the order Bangiales may be discovered from subtidal habitats.

Keywords

• Bangiales
• Korea
• Miuraea migitae
• New record
• rbcL