Pseudochaete West & G.S.West, 1903

Lectotype species: Pseudochaete crassiseta (West & G.S.West) West & G.S.West

Original publication: West, W. & West, G.S. (1903). Notes on freshwater algae III. Journal of Botany, London 41: 32-41, 74-82, plates 446-448.

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Type designated in: Loeblich, A.R., III (1967). Notes on the divisions Chlorophyta, Chrysophyta, Pyrrophyta and Xanthophyta and the family Paramastigaceae. Taxon 16: 230-237.

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Description: Plants heterotrichous, consisting of uniseriate filaments. Prostrate filaments short and branched, each cell with nucleus, parietal chloroplast and pyrenoid. Erect system of simple, hair-like filaments, ca. 5 to 8 cells in length, cells cylindrical and lack pyrenoids. Sporangia reported to become detached before producing spores. Details of zoosporogenesis and sexuality unknown. Pseudochaete epiphytic on other aquatic plants in Europe, Asia and Sri Lanka. Genus incompletely described and hence of questionable validity. The type species might be a developmental stage of Stigeoclonium.

Information contributed by: D.M. John. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2015-12-30 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: Burova, O.V., Tsarenko, P.M., Kovalenko, O.V., Petlovany, O.A., Mikhailyuk, T.I. & Lilitska, G.G. (2011). Chaetophorales. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 264-278. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G.

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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. 30 December 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024