Compsopogonopsis V.Krishnamurthy, 1962

Holotype species: Compsopogonopsis leptoclados (Montagne) V.K.Krishnamurthy

Currently accepted name for the type species: Compsopogon caeruleus (Balbis ex C.Agardh) Montagne

Original publication and holotype designation: Krishnamurthy, V. (1962). The morphology and taxonomy of the genus Compsopogon Montagne. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 58: 207-222.

Description: Profusely and repeatedly branched, bluish to olive-colored, uniseriate filament with older parts corticated. Cortex initiated by rhizoid-like outgrowths, generally 1 layer but occasionally 2 or more. Thalli to 20-40 cm long and 0.5-1.0 mm diam. Cortical cells 22-51 x 19-55 µm, containing several peripheral discoid chloroplasts. Monosporangia produced by cortical and uncorticated axial cells. Monospores germinate into a few-celled mass, one cell of which divides into the erect filament and the others contribute to the holdfast. Sexual reproduction not observed.

Information kindly contributed by R.G. Sheath but may now be outdated.

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

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Sheath, R.G. (2003). Red Algae. In: Freshwater Algae of North America, Ecology & Classification. (Wehr, J.D. & Sheath, R.G. Eds), pp. 197-224. San Diego: Academic Press.

Comments: C. leptocladus in streams of French Guiana and Guadeloupe and C. japonica Chihara in 2 streams in Japan.

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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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