Euhymenia Kützing, 1843

Lectotype species: Euhymenia reniformis (Turner) Kützing

Currently accepted name for the type species: Kallymenia reniformis (Turner) J.Agardh

Original publication: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Type designated in: Saunders, G.W., Huisman, J.M., Vergés, A., Kraft, G.T. & Le Gall, L. (2017). Phylogenetic analyses support recognition of ten new genera, ten new species and 16 new combinations in the family Kallymeniaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 38(2): 79-132, 126 figs.

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Description: Member of the Kallymeniaceae with foliose blades; medulla lax, with an interconnected network of slender filaments and stellate cells; inner cortex typically one or two layers of periclinally elongated cells internal to two or three layers of smaller cortical cells that decrease in size towards the surface. Nonprocarpic; supporting cells either mono- or polycarpogonial, also carrying up to ten subsidiary cells; supporting cell, carpogonial branch cells and subsidiary cells typically elongate to some degree. Fusion cells, where known, prominent, deeply lobed, incorporating the supporting and subsidiary cells and issuing long connecting filaments. Auxiliary cell systems formed by the auxiliary cell bearing up to six subsidiary cells. Gonimoblast filaments develop from the auxiliary cell or from the connecting filament near the site of fusion with the auxiliary cell.

Information kindly contributed by Revised description by G.W. Saunders et al. (2017) but may now be outdated.

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

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Wynne, M.J. (2018). Regarding Kallymenia J.Agardh, 1842, Euhymenia Kützing nom. illeg. 1843, and the proposal of Croisettea gen. nov. (Kallymeniaceae, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum 76: 1-4.

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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. 26 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024