Chondrocystis Lemmermann, 1899
Holotype species: Chondrocystis schauinslandii Lemmermann
Original publication and holotype designation: Lemmermann, E. (1899). Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific. (H. Schauinsland 1896/97). Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen zu Bremen 16: 313-398, pls I-III.
Request PDFDescription: Unicellular-colonial; colonies irregular, gelatinous, from above more or less flat or slimy granular, macroscopic, covering the substrate in a layer up to 35 cm (?) thick, composed of partial subcolonies, fine, in lower parts with calcium carbonate precipitations. Cells with their own gelatinous, slightly layered envelopes, joined to small parietal groups with wide slime, which are gathered within the common colony and form mucilaginous cell groups, flattened from all sides (irregularly polygonal subcolonies). Envelopes are partially thickened. Cells spherical. Cell division not described, probably in more planes in succeeding generations. Reproduction by small subcolonies. Both species described from oceanic coastal lagoons (Hawaii-Laysan, Bermuda Islands). Poorly known genus, which needs revision; probably synonymous with Chlorogloea,/u> Wille.
Information contributed by: J. Komárek. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-03-03 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: Strunecký, O., Ivanova, A.P. & Mares, J. (2022 '2023'). An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis (Review). Journal of Phycology 59(1): 12-51.
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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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