Zoddaea Borzì, 1906

Holotype species: Zoddaea viridis Borzì

Original publication: Borzì, A. (1906). Zoddaea, Chlorophycearum gen. nov. La Nuova Notarisia 17: 14-16.

Description: Plants heterotrichous, consisting of a crust formed of densely packed, uniseriate and laterally branched filaments. Cells of prostrate filaments globose and of erect system cylindrical. Cells uninucleate, each with parietal chloroplast without pyrenoids. Asexual reproduction by biflagellate zoospores, 1-4 produced per cell, dehiscing through lateral aperture. Sexual reproduction unknown. Zoddaea only known from humid volcanic rocks on island of Limosa in Italy. Considered to closely resemble Leptosira. Plants heterotrichous, consisting of a crust formed of densely packed, uniseriate and laterally branched filaments. Cells of prostrate filaments globose and of erect system cylindrical. Cells uninucleate, each with parietal chloroplast without pyrenoids. Asexual reproduction by biflagellate zoospores, 1-4 produced per cell, dehiscing through lateral aperture. Sexual reproduction unknown. Zoddaea only known from humid volcanic rocks on island of Limosa in Italy. Considered to closely resemble Leptosira.

Information contributed by: D.M. John. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-08-01 by Luka Sato.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Verification of Data
Users are responsible for verifying the accuracy of information before use, as noted on the website Content page.

Contributors
Some of the descriptions included in AlgaeBase were originally from the unpublished Encyclopedia of Algal Genera, organised in the 1990s by Dr Bruce Parker on behalf of the Phycological Society of America (PSA) and intended to be published in CD format. These AlgaeBase descriptions are now being continually updated, and each current contributor is identified above. The PSA and AlgaeBase warmly acknowledge the generosity of all past and present contributors and particularly the work of Dr Parker.

Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

Linking to this page: https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=47219

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Luka Sato in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 April 2024