Lobospira Areschoug, 1854

Holotype species: Lobospira bicuspidata Areschoug

Original publication and holotype designation: Areschoug, J.E. (1854). Phyceae novae et minus cognitae in maribus extraeuropaeis collectae. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, series 3 1: 329-372.

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Description: Thalli erect, up to 30 cm long, with many slender branches, 0.5-1.5 mm wide giving rise to spirally arranged simple or bicuspid, flattened much branched ramuli, attached basally by recurved branchlets. Growth initiated by a short row of 8-12 apical cells, in a terminal invagination. Thallus 4 cells thick near apices becoming multistratose and subterete below. Cortical cells with numerous discoid chloroplasts. Phaeophycean hairs in tufts, sometimes very long and conspicuous. Sporangia solitary or in small groups, scattered down the central portion of branches, 80-120 mm in diameter, embedded in the thallus, producing 4 spores. Gametophytes unknown. Endemic to south-western, southern and south-eastern Australia.

Information contributed by: J. A. Phillips and R. J. King. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2014-06-20 by M.D. Guiry.

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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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 June 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024