Solieria incurvata (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta), a new species from Venezuela based on morpho-anatomical and molecular evidence

Solieria incurvata from Puerto Escondido, Estado Falcon, Venezuela, is described as a new species based on morpho-anatomical and molecular data. Morphologically S. incurvata differs from other Solieria species, with which it shares its distributional range, by its narrow branches that become gradually constricted toward their bases, by possessing acute and incurved apices, and by its branching pattern and anatomical morphometrics. On the basis of COI-5P and rbcL sequences, the new species forms an independent lineage that clearly belongs in the Solieria Glade of the Solieriaceae.