Mortensenia Weber-van Bosse, 1926
Holotype species: Mortensenia pulchra Weber Bosse
Original publication and holotype designation: Weber-van Bosse, A. (1926). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific expedition 1914-16 XXXIII. Algues de l'expédition danoise aux îles Kei. Videnskabelige Meddelelser Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 81: 57-155.
Description: Thallus small, flattened, dorsiventral with prominent central axis and irregularly-branched alternate laterals. Upper surface dense, cellular; lower layer of open network. Reproduction unknown.
Information contributed by: E.M. Wollaston. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2010-10-06 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. (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.
Comments: Known only from Kei Island, Malaysia.
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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. 06 October 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
