Dasycladus C.Agardh, 1828
Holotype species: Dasycladus claviformis (Roth) C.Agardh
Currently accepted name for the type species: Dasycladus vermicularis (Scopoli) Krasser
Original publication and holotype designation: Agardh, C.A. (1828). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Voluminis secundi. Sectio prior. pp. [i]-lxxvi, [i]-189. Gryphiae [Greifswald]: sumptibus Ernesti Mauriti [Ernst Mauritius].
Request PDFPrecise date of publication: September-December 1828
Description: Thallus unbranched unicell 3-6 cm tall, compact rhizoid, stalk bearing tightly packed whorls of ca. 12 thrice di- then trichotomously branched laterals. Calcification at base of lateral. Parietal chloroplasts numerous and discoid. Deep green solitary gametangium, a modified secondary lateral. Biflagellate gametes formed directly from gametangium which is initially uninucleate. Different from Batophora in compactness of whorls, single gametangium per lateral unit and the lack of cyst formation in gametangia. Gamete release occurs when gametangium still attached to thallus. Dasycladus tropical to warm temperate, known from Australia, Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas in shallow water on solid substrates on reefs, mangrove lagoons and canals. Most similar to Batophora and Chlorocladus, and these genera previously segregated into own subfamily.
Information contributed by: L.B. Liddle. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-09-02 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
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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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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 September 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
