Please take a look at our new article on the ecophysiology of the edible red alga Gloiopeltis frutex from Kagoshima, Japan.
Rance, Nishihara, Suzuki, Terada (2026) Effects of temperature, irradiance and varying light spectral qualities on photochemical efficiency of the edible red alga, Gloiopeltis frutex (Endocladiaceae) from Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
J Appl Phycol
For many years, this alga at our study site in Kagoshima had been identified as Gloiopeltis complanata; however, DNA analysis in this study revealed that it is actually Gloiopeltis frutex, a species first described from Jeju Island, Korea, in 2017.
Gloiopeltis frutex