Anfractutofilum A.B.Cribb, 1965

Holotype species: Anfractutofilum umbracolens A.B.Cribb

Currently accepted name for the type species: Ptilothamnion richardsii Skuja

Original publication and holotype designation: Cribb, A.B. (1965). Anfractutofilum umbracolens gen. et sp. nov., a freshwater red alga from Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 76: 93-95.

Description: Freshwater alga characterized by zig-zag arrangement of axial cells and regular, closely pinnate branching in one plane. Plant of prostrate branched filaments with erect branches and apices of about 14 unbranched cells. Chromatophores parietal, irregular or broadly ribbon-like. Pyrenoids lacking. Pit connections present. Monosporangia sparse on final branches, obovoid, sessile, occasionally terminal, usually lateral, opposite or irregularly alternate.

Information kindly contributed by E.M. Wollaston but may now be outdated.

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

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as neuter.

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: Occurs in small, dark purple-brown cushion-like colonies to 7 mm diam. and 1 mm high in deeply shaded situations such as beneath a waterfall. Relationships uncertain and inclusion in Ceramiales at present doubtful.

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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. 26 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024