Taylorophycus E.Y.Dawson, 1961

Holotype species: Taylorophycus laxus (W.R.Taylor) E.Y.Dawson

Original publication and holotype designation: Dawson, E.Y. (1961). Marine red algae of Pacific Mexico. Part 4. Gigartinales. Pacific Naturalist 2: 191-343, 63 plates.

Description: This genus is similar in anatomy to Caulacanthus, differing mainly by having only one, rather than two, periaxial cells on each of the central axial cells. The vegetative axes are more solidly constructed of compact medullary and cortical cells than Caulacanthus, the carposporangia form in chains of up to 4, rather than singly, and tetrasporangia form in nemathecia, rather than being widely dispersed. The genus has been monographed by Searles (1968).

Information contributed by: G.T. Kraft. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2010-10-07 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: Distribution: The type species is recorded from 13 m depths from Baja California. The second species is endemic to New Zealand (Searles 1968).

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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. 07 October 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 May 2024