Lithococcus Ercegovi?, 1925

Holotype species: Lithococcus ramosus Ercegović

Original publication and holotype designation: Ercegovic, A. (1925). Litofitska vegetacija vapnenaca i dolomita u Hrvatskoj. Acta Botanica Instituti Botanici Regalis Universitatis Zagrebensis 10(1): 64-114, 3 plates.

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Description: Unicellular-colonial; colonies endolithic, filamentous, irregularly net-like, composed of thin, mucilaginous strings, in which the cells are arranged in irregular rows with cells clearly distant from one another; old parts of strings are widened with irregularly disposed cells. Mucilaginous strings homogeneous, without any structures, special envelopes around solitary cells are missing. Cells spherical, ellipsoidal or oval. Cell division probably only in one plane, more or less perpendicular to the axis of strings. Reproduction not described, probably by liberated solitary cells or small clusters of cells in mucilaginous envelopes. The single species L. ramosus was described as endolithic, subaerophytic cyanophyte from localities in calcareous rocky areas in Croatia (Yugoslavia) and not yet revised or proved from other regions.

Information contributed by: J. Komárek. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-03-02 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.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Strunecký, O., Ivanova, A.P. & Mares, J. (2022 '2023'). An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis (Review). Journal of Phycology 59(1): 12-51.

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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. 02 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024