Gymnothamnion J.Agardh, 1892
Holotype species: Gymnothamnion elegans (Schousboe ex C.Agardh) J.Agardh
Original publication and holotype designation: Agardh, J.G. (1892). Analecta algologica. Lunds Universitets ÅrsSkrift, Andra Afdelningen, Kongl. Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Handlingar 28(6): 1-182, 3 pls.
Request PDFDescription: Thallus prostrate and erect, branching opposite-distichous with irregular short and long branchlets, axes ecorticate, apical cell transversely divided. Cells uninucleate. Procarps subterminal on lateral branches, carpogonial branch 4-celled. Auxiliary cell, cut off from supporting cell leading to carposporophyte with irregularly elongate groups of carposporangia. Involucre lacking. Spermatangia in corymbose heads. Tetrasporangia single, terminal on branchlets, tetrahedrally divided.
Information contributed by: E.M. Wollaston. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2017-01-24 by M.D. Guiry.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Schneider, C.W. & Wynne, M.J. (2007). A synoptic review of the classification of red algal genera a half a century after Kylin's "Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen". Botanica Marina 50: 197-249.
Comments: Relationships uncertain, affinities with Ptiloteae and Antithamnieae noted (vide Kajimura 1989). Not common, but widespread including Mediterranean, Atlantic ocean, Japan, usually in warm seas often on rock and corals protected from exposure.
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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. 24 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
