Rhodolophia Kylin, 1956

Holotype species: Rhodolophia strobilifera (J.Agardh) Kylin

Currently accepted name for the type species: Erythrostachys strobilifera (J.Agardh) Womersley & Parsons

Original publication and holotype designation: Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.

Description: Monopodial thalli, irregularly branched, with corticated polysiphonous organization, 7 pericentral cells; a branched trichoblast produced on each segment, in a spiral on axis, pigmented and persistent; polysiphonous branches developing in place of trichoblasts, radially placed on axis. Cortication extending almost to branch tips. Axis and pseudolateral with Y-shaped junction (Parsons 1975). Procarps on the second segment of a fertile branchlet; cystocarps ovoid to spheroid, with a prominent ostiole. Males unknown. Tetrasporangia borne in terminal series on clustered branches; one per segment in a spiral series, causing swelling of segments when mature.

Information kindly contributed by R.E. Norris but may now be outdated.

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

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.

Comments: Very rare, subtidal on the southern coast of Australia. Published illustrations of this genus unknown

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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. 23 October 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024