Deucalion Huisman & Kraft, 1982

Holotype species: Deucalion levringii (Lindauer) Huisman & Kraft

Original publication and holotype designation: Huisman, J.M. & Kraft, G.T. (1982). Deucalion gen. nov. and Anisoschizus gen nov. (Ceramiaceae, Ceramiales), two new propagule-forming red algae from southern Australia. Journal of Phycology 18: 177-192, 39 figs.

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Description: Thallus erect, uncorticated, axes alternately distichously branched. Apical cell transversely divided. Cells multinucleate. Procarp subterminal on short fertile axis, borne on one (supporting cell) of three pericentral cells. Supporting cell with terminal sterile cell. Carposporophyte with involucre of several branched filaments. Spermatangia in heads on lateral branches. Sporophyte bearing multicellular propagules and polysporangia.

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.

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: A component of turf on rock, known from sheltered bays in southeastern Australia, possibly introduced from New Zealand by shipping. Clarification of relationships and tribal features await further studies.

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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