Anatheca F.Schmitz, 1897

Holotype species: Anatheca montagnei F.Schmitz

Original publication and holotype designation: Schmitz, F. & Hauptfleisch, P. (1897). Rhodophyllidaceae. In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten, Teil 1, Abteilung 2. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds), pp. 366-382. Leipzig: verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.

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Description: Plants reach 15 cm in height, and are erect, leaf-like, and multiaxial. Carpogonial branches and cystocarps are confined to surface papillae, the central portion of the carposporophyte consisting of a small-celled sterile tissue rather than a fusion cell. A sterile hull around the gonimoblast is lacking, and carposporangia are single and terminal. Tetrasporangia are scattered in the cortex. Mollion (1980) shows that the major polygalactan of Anatheca is an iota carrageenan of slightly lower sulfate content than other members of the Solieriaceae. Similar to Meristotheca in its carposporophyte anatomy, Anatheca mainly differs in lacking an inner pericarp hull around the cystocarp.

Information contributed by: G. Kraft. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2011-01-05 by M.D. Guiry.

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

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Faye, E.J., Shimada, S., Kogame, K. & Masuda, M. (2005). Reassessment of the little-known western African red alga Anatheca montagnei (Gigartinales, Solieriaceae) on the basis of morphology and rbcL sequences. European Journal of Phycology 40: 195-206.

Comments: Distribution: Apparently endemic to the westernmost region of north Africa.

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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. 05 January 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024