Pseudorhododiscus Masuda, 1976
Holotype species: Pseudorhododiscus nipponicus Masuda
Original publication and holotype designation: Masuda, M. (1976). On a new red algal genus Pseudorhododiscus. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 27: 123-132.
Request PDFDescription: Plants form non-calcified crusts on leaves of the seagrass Phyllospadix. Irregularly tetrahedrally divided tetrasporangia form on erect filaments and are interspersed with otherwise normal vegetative filaments, as opposed to being separated by paraphyses in the superficially similar genera Rhodophysema and Rhododiscus. apparently non-functional male gametophytes suggests that the species is not a tetrasporic phase in the life history of some sort of non-encrusting alga. Although not yet formally placed there, the anatomy of Pseudorhododiscus suggests that it may belong in the Palmariales.
Information contributed by: S.C. Lindstrom. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2010-10-05 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.
Comments: Distribution: Endemic to Hokkaido, Japan.
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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. 05 October 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
