Ethelia Weber-van Bosse, 1921

Holotype species: Ethelia biradiata (Weber Bosse) Weber Bosse

Original publication and holotype designation: Weber-van Bosse, A. (1921). Liste des algues du Siboga. II. Rhodophyceae. Première partie. Protoflorideae, Nemalionales, Cryptonemiales. Vol. 59b pp. 187-310, figs 53-109, Plates VI-VIII. Leiden.

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Description: Thallus crustose, cartilaginous, non-calcified, affixed to the substratum over the entire lower surface or by fleshy peg-like haptera, completely lacking rhizoids; crusts composed of largecelled branched uniaxial primary filaments that give rise to radiating cortical cell filaments that fill in the crust, the upper or dorsal cortical layers often becoming synchronously produced. Presumed tetrasporangia terminal on dorsal cortical filaments, clustered in undifferentiated sori; gametangia unknown.

Information contributed by: K.R. Dixon (2018). The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-09-26 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Dixon, K.R. (2018). Etheliaceae. In: Algae of Australia. Marine benthic algae of north-western Australia. 2. Red algae. (Huisman, J.M. Eds), pp. 181-183. Canberra & Melbourne: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024