Ozophora J.Agardh, 1892

Holotype species: Ozophora californica J.Agardh

Currently accepted name for the type species: Ozophora clevelandii (Farlow) I.A.Abbott

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: Plants reach 30 cm in length and consist of flattened, linear to cuneate blades borne in some instances on cylindrical stipes arising singly or in clusters from a discoid base. Cystocarps and spermatangia are formed in special leaflets or proliferations arising from the frond surfaces, whereas tetrasporangia occur in nemathecia scattered directly on the blades.

Information contributed by: G.T. Kraft. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2010-10-08 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: Previously considered to be species of Phyllophora (Kylin 1956), Ozophora was resurrected by Abbott (1969) for plants with male and female structures confined to surface proliferations. Distribution: The type and two additional species are endemic to subtidal rocky substrata along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to Baja California.

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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. 08 October 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024