Crossocarpus Ruprecht, 1850

Holotype species: Crossocarpus lamuticus Ruprecht

Original publication and holotype designation: Ruprecht, F.J. (1850). Algae ochotenses. Die ersten sicheren Nachrichten über die Tange des Ochotskischen Meeres. pp. 1-243, 10 pls. St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

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Description: Cuneate, lacerate to di- to polychotomously divided, with a distinct stipe. Margin of blade with stalked orbiculate proliferations. Medulla of isodiametric cells, relatively short-celled filaments, and rhizoidal filaments. Stellate and refractive cells present. Cortex relatively thin. Cortical cells isodiametric to elliptical, progressively smaller toward cuticle. Female reproductive structures developing in marginal proliferations. A single 3-celled carpogonial branch borne on each suppporting cell. Auxiliary cell borne on a different branch system. Cystocarps immersed. Spermatangia and tetrasporangia undescribed.

Information contributed by: S.C. Lindstrom. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-03-20 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as masculine.

Comments: Subtidal. Known only from the Sea of Okhotsk.

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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. 20 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024