Hawaiia Hollenberg, 1967
Holotype species: Hawaiia trichia Hollenberg
Original publication and holotype designation: Hollenberg, G.J. (1967). New genera in the Rhodomelaceae from the Central Pacific. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 66: 201-221, 15 figs.
Request PDFDescription: Minute algae with prostrate branches attached by unicellular rhizoids cut off by a cross-wall from the pericentral cells; erect branches arising exogenously and branched in an assurgent quasidecurrent manner; pericentral cells 8-11, ecorticate; trichoblasts unbranched arising in somewhat spiral sequence; tetrasporangia one per segment, in slightly spiral series in the branches; spermatangial stichidia cylindrical arising from the entire trichoblast primordium; cystocarps unknown.
Information contributed by: Original description & R.E. Norris. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-12-20 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 feminine.
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: A rare intertidal genus known only as an epiphyte on various hosts or in wave-washe turf, Hawaiian Islands.
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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 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
