Please take a look at our latest article on the DNA-based floristic survey of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) offshore of Tanegashima Island, Japan.
This study presents the first comprehensive catalog of red algae comprising the sublittoral marine flora (deeper than 30 m) around offshore Tanegashima Island and represents the first exhaustive molecular-assisted survey of red algal marine flora in Japan. Morphological and molecular analyses using plastid-encoded rbcL and mitochondrion-encoded cox1 genes identified a total of 129 species, including nine newly recognized in Japan.
Suzuki, M, and Terada, R 2025. DNA-based floristic survey of red algae (Rhodophyta) growing in the mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) offshore of Tanegashima Island, northern Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. PLoS ONE 20(3): e0316067 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316067