Crustaphytum L.-C.Liu & S.-M.Lin, 2018

Holotype species: Crustaphytum pacificum L.-C.Liu & Showe M.Lin

Original publication and holotype designation: Liu, L.-C., Lin, S.-M., Caragnano, A. & Payri, C. (2018). Species diversity and molecular phylogeny of non-geniculate coralline algae (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) from Taoyuan algal reefs in northern Taiwan, including Crustaphytum gen. nov. and three new species. Journal of Applied Phycology 30(6): 3455-3469, 6 figs, 1 table.

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Description: Thalli non-geniculate, epilithic, encrusting, rugose, protuberances branches absent; thallus organization dorsiventral, monomerous composed of a coaxial core growing more or less parallel to thallus surface; peripheral region composed of cellular filaments initiated from the core growing and curving outwards; outermost epithallial cells with rounded or flattened walls but not flared; subepithallial initials either the same length or shorter than derivative cells positioned below; calcified crystals in the cell wall radially arranged; cells in contiguous filaments joined by cell fusions, secondary pitconnections absent; tetrasporangial conceptacle chambers multiporate, tetrasporangia zonately divided only; mature spermatangia produced in terminal, branched clusters from distal ends of spermatangial parental filaments.

Origin of description: this description is from the original publication; it may have been modified slightly. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2019-05-16 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 neuter.

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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. 16 May 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024