Asterosiphon P.J.L.Dangeard, 1940

Holotype species: Asterosiphon terrestre P.J.L.Dangeard

Currently accepted name for the type species: Asterosiphon dichotomus (Kützing) Vishnyakov

Original publication and holotype designation: Dangeard, P.[J.L.] (1940). Sur la prétendue reproduction des Vaucheria par des acinètes et des spores amiboïdes et sur le nouveau genre Asterosiphon. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 210: 719-721. [in French]

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Description: Dichotomously branched siphons growing radially to form small green rosettes to 2 mm diam. on soil surface, with rhizoidal siphon beneath surface. Cysts form inside siphons, germinate into new thalli or divide into small amoeboid or walled spores.

Information contributed by: T. J. Entwisle. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-10-07 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 masculine.

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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. 07 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024