Zeacarpa R.J.Anderson, R.H.Simons & J.J.Bolton, 1988

Holotype species: Zeacarpa leiomorpha R.J.Anderson, Simons & J.J.Bolton

Original publication and holotype designation: Anderson, R.J., Simons, R.H. & Bolton, J.J. (1988). Zeacarpa leiomorpha (Ralfsiaceae), a new genus and species of crustose marine Phaeophyceae from southern Africa. Phycologia 27(3): 319-326.

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Description: Epilithic, smooth brown crusts to 10 cm or more in diameter and 1 mm thick. Pseudoparenchymatous, made up of 1 or a few layers of closely-packed horizontal filaments (cells 15-25 m long ( 5-12 m in diameter) curving upwards to give rise to an upper region of vertical filaments (6-12 m long ( 4-7 m in diameter). Cell with several parietal, discoid chloroplasts. Phaeophycean hairs few, in bundles. Lower surface of crust with numerous short multicellular rhizoids. Sorus formed from erect filaments, consisting of loosely- arranged unbranched filaments (ca. 250 m and 12-20 cells long), tapering distally. One or more intercalary cells produce fusiform to needle-shaped unilocular sporangia (20-35 m long ( 4-6 m in diameter), up to 10 from a single lateral process. 1-2 (3) sets of sporangia per soral process each producing ca. 16 spores. Plurilocular sporangia not reported. Single species, Z. leiomorpha, endemic to southwestern Africa marine province on the west coast of South Africa, growing from the sublittoral fringe to at least 8 m depth.

Information contributed by: J. J. Bolton. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-07-02 by Craig Schneider.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Silberfeld, T., Rousseau, F. & Reviers, B. de (2014). An updated classification of brown algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae). Cryptogamie Algologie 35(2): 117-156, 1 fig., 1 table.

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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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Craig Schneider in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 July 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024