Phycological Research

PhycologicalResearch
Volume 62 䊉 Issue 1 䊉 January 2014

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Volume 62 • Issue 1 • January 2014..........................................................................................

Satomi Owari, Aiko Hayashi and Ken-ichiro Ishida

Subcellular localization of minicircle DNA in the dinoflagellate Amphidinium massartii

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Kohei Shinohara, Atsushi Maruyama, Bosco Rusuwa and Taisuke Ohtsuka

Taxonomic revision of three diatoms found in Lake Malawi: Afrocymbella brunii(Fricke) comb. nov., Afrocymbella rossii (Kociolek & Stoermer) comb. nov.,
and Aulacoseira euareolata (O.Müller) comb. nov. et nom. nov..........................................................................................
9Tylotus laqueatus, a new species of Dicranemataceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) fromthe Hawaiian Islands

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Narongrit Muangmai, Yukimasa Yamagishi, Giuseppe C. Zuccarello, Anong Chirapart andKhanjanapaj Lewmanomont

Transferring Gracilaria irregularis (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) from Thailand to Gracilariopsis
based on morphological and molecular analyses

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Kyosuke Niwa, Norio Kikuchi, Mi Sook Hwang, Han-Gu Choi and Yusho Aruga

Cryptic species in the Pyropia yezoensis complex (Bangiales, Rhodophyta):Sympatric occurrence of two cryptic species even on same rocks

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Ricardo G. Bahia, Gilberto M. Amado-Filho, Gavin W. Maneveldt, Walter H. Adey, Gabriel Johnson,
Bianca V. Marins and Leila L. Longo

Sporolithon tenue sp. nov. (Sporolithales, Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta): A new
rhodolith-forming species from the tropical southwestern Atlantic

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Gerald T. Kraft, Kimberly Y. Conklin and Alison R. Sherwood

44Bianca V. Marins, Gilberto M. Amado-Filho, Elisabete Barbarino, Guilherme H. Pereira-Filhoand Leila L. Longo

Seasonal changes in population structure of the tropical deep-water kelp Laminaria abyssalis

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Yukimasa Yamagishi, Yusuke Ohta, Michio Masuda and Tsuyoshi Abe

Dasya enomotoi sp. nov. (Dasyaceae, Ceramiales), a new large Dasya from Japan

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Shin-ichiro Abe, Hiroyuki Sakano, Sho Kobayashi and Satoshi Kitano

Research note: Stable carbon isotope variability associated with taxonomic compositionof lotic benthic algae

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Mitsunobu Kamiya
Faculty of Marine Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, Fukui, JapanASSOCIATE EDITORS
Jaanika Blomster
Dept. of Environmental
Sciences, University ofHelsinki, Finland

Daiske Honda
Department of Biology,
Faculty of Science andEngineering, Konan
University, Japan

Mona Hoppenrath
Senckenberg ResearchInstitute, German
Centre for Marine
Biodiversity Research,
Germany

Mitsunori Iwataki
Department of Biology,
Faculty of Science,
Yamagata University,
Japan

Regine Jahn
Botanic Garden andBotanical MuseumBerlin-Dahlem, Freie
Universität Berlin,
Germany

Ulf Karsten
Institute of BiologicalSciences, University ofRostock, Germany

Christos Katsaros
Department of Botany,
Faculty of Biology,
University of Athens,
GreeceMasanobu Kawachi
Environmental Biology
Division, National
Institue forEnvironmental Studies,Japan

Jeong Ha Kim
Department ofBiological Sciences,
Sungkyunkwan
University, Korea

Tatyana A. Klochkova
Department of Biology,
Kongju National
University, Korea

Showe-Mei Lin
Institute of Marine
Biology, National
Taiwan Ocean
University, Taiwan

Ichiro Mine
Graduate School ofKuroshio Science,
Kochi University, Japan

Rei Narikawa
Graduate School ofArts and Sciences,
University of Tokyo,Japan

Wendy Nelson
National Institute of
Water & AtmosphericResearch & SBS,
University of Auckland,
New Zealand

Gregory N. Nishihara
Institute of East China
Sea Research,Nagasaki University,
Japan

Tatsufumi Okino
Faculty of Environmental
Earth Science,
Hokkaido University,
Japan

Hiroyuki Sekimoto
Department of Chemicaland Biological Sciences,
Faculty of Science,
Japan Women’s
University, Japan

Kensuke Toyoda
Department of Biology,
Keio University, Japan

John A. West
School of Botany,
University ofMelbourne, Australia

Giuseppe C. Zuccarello
School of BiologicalSciences, University ofWellington, New
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ADDRESS FOR EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE Mitsunobu Kamiya,
Faculty of Marine Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, 1-1 Gakuencho,Obama, Fukui 917-0003, Japan (E-mail: mkamiya@fpu.ac.jp).

Copyright © 2014 Japanese Society of Phycology.
Cover Confocal laser scanning micrographs of an Amphidinium massartii
cell showing the localization of minicircle DNA molecules. Green fluorescences indicate the localizations of a FISH probe for the “core” region ofA. massartii (TM16 strain) minicircle DNA, which are present near the edgeof chloroplast autofluorescence.

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Officers for 2013–2014
President: Jiro Tanaka Tokyo University of Marine
Japan; Shinya Yoshikawa Fukui Prefectural
Science and Technology, JapanUniversity, Japan
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Public Relations Secretary: Kensuke Toyoda
Science and Technology, JapanKeio University, Japan
Treasurer: Takanori Matsuoka Nippon Dental University,
Secretary for International Affairs: Shin-ichiro AbeTokyo, Japan
National Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency,
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Put O. Ang Jr. The Chinese University of HongKong, China
Taira Enomoto Kobe University, Japan
Daisuke Fujita Tokyo University of Marine Scienceand Technology, Japan
Masahiko Idei Bunkyo University, Japan
Masanobu Kawachi National Institute forEnvironmental Studies, Japan
Kazuhiro Kogame Hokkaido University, Japan
Kazuyoshi Kuwano Nagasaki University, Japan
Ichiro Mine Kochi University, Japan
Daisuke Muraoka Tohoku National FisheriesResearch Institute, Japan

Tamotsu Nagumo The Nippon Dental University, JapanTakeshi Nakayama University of Tsukuba, Japan
Wendy A. Nelson The National Institute of Waterand Atmospheric Research, New ZealandTadahide Noro Kagoshima University, JapanClaude E. Payri Institut de Recherche pour leDeveloppement, France
Hidetoshi Sakayama Kobe University, Japan
Yukihiko Serisawa University of Yamanashi, Japan
Yoshihiro Shiraiwa University of Tsukuba, Japan
Shinya Uwai Niigata University, Japan
Goro Yoshida National Research Institute ofFisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Japan

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