Phylogeography of the freshwater red algaSetacea puiggariana(Rhodophyta, Batrachospermales) in Brazil

: Phylogeography of Setacea puiggariana, which is widely distributed in southern and south-eastern Brazil, with few records in South America and Africa, was investigated based on mitochondrial genetic markers: the cox2-3 spacer and the barcode region of cox1 gene. Ten stream segments were sampled across the known geographic distribution in Brazil, with a total of 65 individuals sequenced for the cox2-3 spacer and 30 for cox1. Six cox2-3 and...