@article{Bartolo_Zammit_Russell_Peters_Küpper_2021, title={DNA barcoding of marine algae from Malta: new records from the central Mediterranean}, volume={80}, url={https://www.abc.botanic.hr/index.php/abc/article/view/3129}, DOI={10.37427/botcro-2021-020}, abstractNote={<p>The heterokont benthic multicellular algae <em>Schizocladia ischiensis</em> E.C. Henry, K. Okuda et H. Kawai (<em>Schizocladiophyceae</em>), <em>Hecatonema</em> <em>terminale</em> (Kützing) Kylin and <em>Striaria</em> <em>attenuata</em> (Greville) Greville (<em>Phaeophyceae</em>) are reported for the first time from the waters around the Maltese islands in the central Mediterranean. They were identified through algal isolation from incubated natural substrata, coupled with DNA barcoding targeting the biomarkers COI and rbcL plus the RuBisCO spacer. For three additional brown algae, <em>Colpomenia</em> <em>sinuosa</em> (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès et Solier, <em>Asperococcus</em> <em>bullosus</em> J.V.Lamouroux and <em>Sphacelaria</em> sp., DNA sequences confirmed previous morphology-based records from Malta. This paper also provides an updated literature-based species list of the marine macroalgae present in Malta.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Acta Botanica Croatica}, author={Bartolo, Angela G. and Zammit, Gabrielle and Russell, Hannah and Peters, Akira F. and Küpper , Frithjof C.}, year={2021}, month={Oct.}, pages={176–183} }