Pulvinus J.A.West, G.C.Zuccarello & J.L.Scott, 2007, nom. illeg.
Holotype species: Pulvinus veneticus J.A.West, G.C.Zuccarello & J.L.Scott
Currently accepted name for the type species: Pulvinaster venetus J.A.West, G.C.Zuccarello & J.L.Scott
Original publication and holotype designation: West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Scott, J.L., West, K.A. & Loiseaux de Goer, S. (2007). Pulvinus veneticus gen. et sp. nov. (Compsopogonales, Rhodophyta) from Vanuatu. Phycologia 46(3): 237-246.
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Taxonomic status: currently regarded as a synonym of Pulvinaster.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Scott, J.L., West, K.A. & Loiseaux de Goer, S. (2007). Pulvinus veneticus gen. et sp. nov. (Compsopogonales, Rhodophyta) from Vanuatu. Phycologia 46(3): 237-246.
Nomenclatural notes
Illegitimate: the term "pulvinus" is a Latin technical term in use in morphology, it may not be used as a generic name. Corrigendum in Phycologia, Vol. 46 (4); 478: Pulvinaster gen. nov., q.v. - (19 Nov 2007) - M.D. Guiry
Description: Thallus, a prostrate cushion up to 500 microns diameter, of uniseriate-branched filaments, quadrate to ovate cells (9-14 microns diameter), uninucleate, with a bluish-green parietal lobed or spiral plastid lacking a pyrenoid. Sometimes forming unattached branched filaments with elongate cells (8-10 x 30-55 microns). Reproduction by monosporangia successively formed from lateral branch cells or by gelatinisation of cell walls of a thallus sector. Spherical spores, 6 to 10 microns diameter, show a gliding movement. Golgi associated with endoplasmic reticulum, plastid with peripheral thylakoid. No pit connections between derivative cells. Epiphytic on other algae. Low molecular weight carbohydrate is floridoside.
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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.
Created: 21 June 2007 by M.D. Guiry
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