Microcladia Greville, 1830

Holotype species: Microcladia glandulosa (Solander ex Turner) Greville

Publication details: Greville, 1830: l, 99

Currently accepted name for the type species: Ceramium glandulosum (Solander ex Turner) Barros-Barreto & Maggs

Original publication and holotype designation: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Description: Frons filiformis, compressa, subcartilaginea, vage ramosa, ramis distichis. Fructus: 1. capsulse spbeericae, involucre ramuliformi instructae ; 2. granula ternata in apice intumescenti ramorum.

Information kindly contributed by Original description and E.M. Wollaston but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ceramium.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Barros-Barreto, M.B., Jaramillo, M.A., Hommersand, M.H., Ferreira, P.C.G. & Maggs, C.A. (2023). Phylogenetic analysis of the red algal tribe Ceramieae reveals multiple morphological homoplasies but defines new genera. Cryptogamie, Algologie 44(2): 13-33 [Appendices 34-58].

Comments: Closely allied to Ceramium Roth, some features like Carpoblepharis Kützing. Widespread in temperate to warm seas.

Nomenclatural note
Monotypic when introduced. - (25 January 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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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. 23 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 May 2025