Aristothamnion J.Agardh, 1892

Holotype species: Aristothamnion purpuriferum (Kützing) J.Agardh

Currently accepted name for the type species: Callithamnion collabens (Rudolphi) L.M.McIvor & Maggs

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.

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Description: Plant to 14 cm high, axes monosiphonous, richly branched, corticated with rhizoidal filaments bearing short external horizontal branches. Procarp and carposporophytes as for Callithamnion. Polyspores.

Information kindly contributed by E.M. Wollaston but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Callithamnion.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.

Comments: All species from the Atlantic ocean recorded respectively from Cape of Good Hope, Tristan da Cunha I. and Brazil (Sao Paulo State). Separation from Callithamnion may be justified on basis of polyspores.

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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. 23 February 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024