Acletoa M.S.Calderon & S.M.Boo, 2017

Holotype species: Acletoa tarazonae M.S.Calderon & S.M.Boo

Original publication and holotype designation: Calderón, M.S. & Boo, S.M. (2017). The Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from Peru with descriptions of Acletoa tarazonae gen. & sp. nov. and Gymnogongrus caespitosus sp. nov.. Phycologia 56(6): 686-696, 33 figs, 1 table.

Description: Thalli arising from a common basal disc, semiterete, dichotomously to polychotomously branched. Axes multiaxial, with compact cortex and medulla. Auxiliary cells forming gonimoblast initials both downwardly and upwardly directed. Medullary cells laterally connected to clusters of carposporangia. Secondary pit connections between gonimoblast filaments and nearby vegetative cells penetrating the cystocarp boundary. Cystocarp loosely immersed within the medulla, surrounded by one or more layers of secondary medullary cells with thickened cell walls and larger cytoplasm volume. Carpospores released at maturity through carpostomata.

Origin of description: this description is from the original publication; it may have been modified slightly. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2020-03-11 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: Schneider, C.W. & Wynne, M.J. (2019). Fourth addendum to the synoptic review of red algal genera. Botanica Marina 62(4): 355-367 [1-13].

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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. 11 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024