Epilithia Ercegovic, 1932

Holotype species: Epilithia adriatica Ercegović

Original publication and holotype designation: Ercegovic, A. (1932). Ekoloske i socioloske studije o litofitskim cijanoficejama sa jugoslovenske obale Jadrana. Rad Jugoslovenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti, Zagreb 244: 129-220, 10 figs, 7 pls, 11 tables.

Description: Colonial; thallus epilithic, small, pulverous, thin, irregular, composed of basal Gloeocapsa-like aggregations of more or less spherical or hemispherical cells and radiating pseudofilaments, short rows of cells enveloped by common sheath; rows of cells grow side by side, parallel and densely arranged and irregularly "branched". Sheaths more or less thickened, open at the apex of pseudofilaments; around cells usually single mucilaginous sheaths. Cells in pseudofilaments more or less oval, irregularly elongated or almost cylindrical. Cells divide irregularly in basal parts of thallus and more or less crosswise in the upper pseudofilaments. Reproduction by liberation of solitary cells from the thallus and, probably, by the dissociation of thallus. . Marine, epilithic in the supratidal zone of calcareous coasts; found only in the Mediterranean region (Yugoslavia Dalmatia). Little known genus.

Information contributed by: J. Komárek. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-03-03 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: 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. 03 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 May 2024