Rufusia D.E.Wujek & P.Timpano, 1988 '1986'

Holotype species: Rufusia pilicola D.E.Wujek & P.Timpano

Original publication and holotype designation: Wujek, D.E. & Timpano, P. (1988 '1986'). Rufusia (Porphyridiales, Phragmonemataceae), a new red alga from sloth hair. Brenesia 25/26: 163-168.

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Description: Branched pseudofilaments, composed of spherical or elliptical cells, each with several reddish-violet, parietal, discoid to band-shaped chloroplasts without pyrenoids. Cells 5.5-15 x 3.5-10 µm. Apical and intercalary cell division. Asexual reproduction by endospores; vegetative propagation by fragmentation. Sexual reproduction not observed.

Information contributed by: R.G. Sheath. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2020-03-23 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: Yoon, H.S., Nelson, W., Lindstrom, S.C., Boo, S.M., Pueschel, C., Qiu, H. & Bhattacharya, D. (2017). Rhodophyta. In: Handbook of the Protists. (Archibald, J.M., Simpson, A.G.B. & Slamovits, C.H. Eds), pp. 89-133. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG.

Comments: Grows within tissues and furrows of the two-toed sloth (Choloepus) and three-toed sloth (Bradypus) in Panama and Costa Rica. Not found on adjacent vegetation.

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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 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024