Mimica Santiañez & M.J.Wynne, 2020

Holotype species: Mimica arnoldii (Weber Bosse) Santiañez & M.J.Wynne

Original publication and holotype designation: Santiañez, W.J.E. & Wynne, M.J. (2020). Establishment of Mimica gen. nov. to accommodate the anaxiferous species of the economically important red seaweed Eucheuma (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta). Phytotaxa 439(2): 167-170, no figs.

Description: Eucheumatoid macroalgae with cylindrical or dorsiventral thalli possessing compound spines that are scattered or are arranged in whorls throughout the thallus. Branches in whorls, often opposite; lacks axial core. Cystocarps borne on main axes; cystocarpic spines absent. Produce iota-carrageenan.

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 2022-04-06 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 feminine.

Comments: The derivation of the genus name is the word "mimic", to copy or imitate closely (Latin: mimicus, imitative, from Greek mimikos, from mimos, imitator, which alludes to the strong resemblance of the type species to hard and soft corals

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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. 06 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 May 2024