Ulva L. biodiversity in the central Mediterranean Sea: cryptic species and new records Author Bartolo, Angela G. School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, St. Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB 24 3 UU, Scotland (United Kingdom) and Laboratory of Applied Phycology, Centre for Molecular Medicine & Biobanking, Fourth floor, Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080 (Malta) angiebartolo @ gmail. com (corresponding author) Author Zammit, Gabrielle Laboratory of Applied Phycology, Centre for Molecular Medicine & Biobanking, Fourth floor, Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080 (Malta) and Microbiology Lab, Department of Biology, Second floor, Biomedical Sciences Building, Faculty of Science, University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080 (Malta) Author Küpper, Frithjof C. School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, St. Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB 24 3 UU, Scotland (United Kingdom) and Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB 24 3 UE, Scotland (United Kingdom) * Both these authors have contributed equally to this study. text Cryptogamie, Algologie 2022 2022-12-14 20 14 215 225 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2022v43a14 journal article 10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2022v43a14 1776-0992 7819486

TABLE 1. — Provenance of samples including spatial data. All algae were submerged in sea water.

Isolate number	Location	Coordinate	Site description	Depth in metres	Species name	tuf A	rbc L	ITS
G57	Ċirkewwa, Malta	35°59’9”N, 14°20’18”E	Near desalination plant outfall, hard substratum	1.5	Ulva californica Wille	ON512839	–	–
G74	Ċirkewwa, Malta	35°59’9”N, 14°20’18”E	Near desalination plant outfall, hard substratum	1.5	Ulva torta (Mertens) Trevisan	–	ON512837	–
G93	Dwejra, Gozo	36°3’11”N, 14°11’19”E	Blue Hole, hard substratum	18.4	Ulva compressa L.	ON512840	ON512838	ON505787
G124	Ċirkewwa, Malta	35°59’9”N, 14°20’18”E	Near desalination plant outfall, hard substratum	1.5	Ulva californica Wille	–	–	ON505788