Neodesmus Hindák, 1976

Holotype species: Neodesmus danubialis Hindák

Original publication and holotype designation: Hindák, F. (1976). Neodesmus, eine neue Gattung der Familie Scenedesmaceae (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyceae). Preslia (Prague) 48(3): 207-215.

Precise date of publication: 24 August 1976

Description: Thalli colonial, forming 2-celled coenobia, arranged in linear oblique syncoenobia, with mucilage envelope up to 3 µm around syncoenobia. Cells fusiform to cylindrical, with one acute and one obtuse pole, 5-9 x 1.5-3 µm, syncoenobia up to 65 µm. Cell walls smooth. Cells uninucleate; one parietal chloroplast with one pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction by autospores; 2 per sporangium. Daughter coenobia released by gelatinizing of parental cell wall, occasionally cap-like remnants visible next to broader cell pole. Sexual reproduction and flagellated stages unknown. Neodesmus planktonic in eutrophic freshwater, including rivers and fish ponds; reported from Europe and Egypt. Genus assigned to subfamily Scenedesmoideae, but the process of cell wall dissolution during coenobial release makes this placement doubtful. Thalli colonial, forming 2-celled coenobia, arranged in linear oblique syncoenobia, with mucilage envelope up to 3 µm around syncoenobia. Cells fusiform to cylindrical, with one acute and one obtuse pole, 5-9 x 1.5-3 µm, syncoenobia up to 65 µm. Cell walls smooth. Cells uninucleate; one parietal chloroplast with one pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction by autospores; 2 per sporangium. Daughter coenobia released by gelatinizing of parental cell wall, occasionally cap-like remnants visible next to broader cell pole. Sexual reproduction and flagellated stages unknown. Neodesmus planktonic in eutrophic freshwater, including rivers and fish ponds; reported from Europe and Egypt. Genus assigned to subfamily Scenedesmoideae, but the process of cell wall dissolution during coenobial release makes this placement doubtful.

Information contributed by: E. Hegewald. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-11-27 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 masculine.

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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. 27 November 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 May 2024