Oligocladus Weber-van Bosse, 1911, nom. illeg.

Holotype species: Oligocladus boldinghii Weber Bosse

Currently accepted name for the type species: Oligocladella boldinghii (Weber Bosse) P.C.Silva

Original publication and holotype designation: Weber-van Bosse, A. (1911). Notice sur quelques genres nouveaux d'algues de l'Archipel Malaisien. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 24: 25-33.

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Description: Prostrate, dorsiventral polysiphonous thalli with few, simple erect, endogenously formed branchlets. Unicellular rhizoids, 4 pericentral cells, ecorticate; trichoblasts absent or spirally arranged, only on erect branchlets, with few branches. Branching irregular, without regular number of segments between them. Gametophytes unknown. Tetrasporangia 2 per segment, in straight series in distal ends of erect branches.

Information kindly contributed by R.E. Norris but may now be outdated.

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

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.

Comments: Known only from Timor, Indonesia, and Coetivy Reef, near the Seychelles Islands; epiphytic on coralline crusts and other algae. Not reported since the original description.

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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. 22 October 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024