Pulvinaster J.A.West, G.C.Zuccarello & J.L.Scott, 2007
Holotype species: Pulvinaster venetus J.A.West, Zuccarello & J.L.Scott
Original publication and holotype designation: West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Scott, J.L., West, K.A. & Loiseaux de Goer, S. (2007). Correction to paper by West et al., Phycologia 46(3): 237-246. Phycologia 46(4): 478.
Request PDFDescription: Thallus, a prostrate cushion up to 500 microns diameter, of uniseriate-branched filaments, quadrate to ovate cells (9-14 microns diameter), uninucleate, with a bluish-green parietal lobed or spiral plastid lacking a pyrenoid. Sometimes forming unattached branched filaments with elongate cells (8-10 x 30-55 microns). Reproduction by monosporangia successively formed from lateral branch cells or by gelatinisation of cell walls of a thallus sector. Spherical spores, 6 to 10 microns diameter, show a gliding movement. Golgi associated with endoplasmic reticulum, plastid with peripheral thylakoid. No pit connections between derivative cells. Epiphytic on other algae. Low molecular weight carbohydrate is floridoside.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2010-10-04 by M.D. Guiry.Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Schneider, C.W. & Wynne, M.J. (2007). A synoptic review of the classification of red algal genera a half a century after Kylin's "Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen". Botanica Marina 50: 197-249.
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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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