First reports of the red alga Hypoglossum caloglossoides from the Mediterranean and the Red Sea

Razy Hoffman; Michael J. Wynne

doi:10.1515/bot-2015-0018

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First reports of the red alga Hypoglossum caloglossoides from the Mediterranean and the Red Sea

Razy Hoffman
Razy Hoffman is currently the curator de-facto of the National Algal and Seagrasses Herbarium of Israel and a post-doc student at Tel Aviv University. He obtained his PhD from Bar-Ilan University in 2012. His main research interests, manuscripts and chapters, published in scientific books focus on algal and seagrass diversity, taxonomy and ecology as well as the commercial and medicinal potential of these groups. Dr. Hoffman’s research covers topics in marine and coastal ecology, seaweed biology and evolution, water quality and the effects of invasive and alien seaweeds and climate changes on the marine environment. Dr. Hoffman also works as a lecturer at a teacher’s college and as a teacher at the Nature Environment and Society school where he teaches the International Environmental Globe Program funded by Al Gore.
and Michael J. Wynne
Michael J. Wynne is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He earned his PhD in Botany at the University of California, Berkeley. He spent most of his professional career at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He co-authored (with H.C. Bold) the textbook Introduction to the algae: structure and reproduction (1978, 1985). He co-edited (with C.S. Lobban) the books Biology of seaweeds (1981) and (with D.J. Garbary) Prominent phycologists of the 20th century (1996). He authored Portraits of marine algae: an historical perspective (2007) and The red algal families Delesseriaceae and Sarcomeniaceae (2014). He produced A checklist of benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic (1986, 1998, 2005, 2011).

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Abstract

The occurrence of the red algal species Hypoglossum caloglossoides (Delesseriaceae, Ceramiales) is reported for the first time from shallow sub-littoral sites in both the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. This small but morphologically distinctive species, originally described from Lord Howe Island in the southwestern South Pacific Ocean, has been recorded from scattered tropical and subtropical locations around the globe. Some aspects of its ecology in the north Israeli Mediterranean are also discussed.

Keywords: alien species; distribution; Hypoglossum caloglossoides; Israel; Mediterranean; Red Sea

Corresponding author: Razy Hoffman, Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel, razyho@hotmail.com

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Razy Hoffman

Razy Hoffman is currently the curator de-facto of the National Algal and Seagrasses Herbarium of Israel and a post-doc student at Tel Aviv University. He obtained his PhD from Bar-Ilan University in 2012. His main research interests, manuscripts and chapters, published in scientific books focus on algal and seagrass diversity, taxonomy and ecology as well as the commercial and medicinal potential of these groups. Dr. Hoffman’s research covers topics in marine and coastal ecology, seaweed biology and evolution, water quality and the effects of invasive and alien seaweeds and climate changes on the marine environment. Dr. Hoffman also works as a lecturer at a teacher’s college and as a teacher at the Nature Environment and Society school where he teaches the International Environmental Globe Program funded by Al Gore.

Michael J. Wynne

Michael J. Wynne is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He earned his PhD in Botany at the University of California, Berkeley. He spent most of his professional career at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He co-authored (with H.C. Bold) the textbook Introduction to the algae: structure and reproduction (1978, 1985). He co-edited (with C.S. Lobban) the books Biology of seaweeds (1981) and (with D.J. Garbary) Prominent phycologists of the 20th century (1996). He authored Portraits of marine algae: an historical perspective (2007) and The red algal families Delesseriaceae and Sarcomeniaceae (2014). He produced A checklist of benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic (1986, 1998, 2005, 2011).

Acknowledgments

R.H is a VATAT-supported post-doctoral fellow at the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History and National Research Center and is also associated with the Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants at Tel Aviv University. This research was supported by the Israeli Taxonomy Initiative grant Number 0604115501. The authors wish to thank Itai Cohen and Patrick Chavel for collecting specimens of H. caloglossoides from Eilat and Achziv, respectively. Alexander Zogas is also acknowledged for his assistance during the preparation of the distribution map of H. caloglossoides.

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Received: 2015-2-18

Accepted: 2015-6-9

Published Online: 2015-7-4

Published in Print: 2015-8-1

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Keywords for this article

alien species; distribution; Hypoglossum caloglossoides; Israel; Mediterranean; Red Sea