Corynomorpha J.Agardh, 1872, nom. cons.

Holotype species: Corynomorpha prismatica (J.Agardh) J.Agardh

Original publication and holotype designation: Agardh, J.G. (1872). Bidrag till Florideernes systematik. Lunds Universitets Års-Skrift, Afdelningen for Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 8(6): 1-60.

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Description: Thallus erect, cartilaginous, terete to clavate, simple to a few times dichotomously branched. Structure multiaxial; medulla filamentous; cortex pseudoparenchymatous, with several cell layers, the outermost with cells in anticlinal rows. Reproductive structures in nemathecia encircling the distal portion of thalli. Spermatangia catenate. Procarpic. Carpogonial branches lateral on nemathecial filaments, 2-celled, arising in clusters associated with an intercalary auxiliary cell. Gonimoblasts outwardly directed, arising from an auxiliary cell. Cystocarps small, numerous and closely aggregated, immersed in the nemathecia. Tetrasporangial nemathecia below branch apices, with tetrasporangia lateral on nemathecial filaments, cruciately to irregularly divided. Life history triphasic, with isomorphic gametophytes and tetrasporophytes.

Information contributed by: J. Huisman & O. De Clerck (2018).. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-09-26 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: Huisman, J.M. & De Clerck, O. (2018). Halymeniales. In: Algae of Australia. Marine benthic algae of north-western Australia. 2. Red algae. (Huisman, J.M. Eds), pp. 279-294. Canberra & Melbourne: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing.

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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. 26 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024