Cymatolege Konstantinou & Gkelis, 2020

Holotype species: Cymatolege spiroidea Konstantinou & Gkelis

Publication details: Konstantinou & Gkelis, 2020: [6]

Original publication and holotype designation: Konstantinou, D., Voultsiadou, E., Panteris, E. & Gkelis, S. (2020). Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: novel genera and species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155: [1-16], 9 figs, 3 tables.

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Description: Filaments joined to densely-arranged irregular clusters, colonies often forming mats on a substratum, straight, curved, more or less coiled. Sheaths firm, thin, colorless, lamellated, containing one to few trichomes. Trichomes cylindrical, 1.3–2.5 µm wide, slightly constricted at the cross walls, attenuated or not towards ends, pinkish to reddish or brownish. False branching and nodule formation are occasionally present. Cells isodiametric, slightly shorter than wide with peripheral thylakoids. Apical cells rounded without calyptra.

Information contributed by: Original description.. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-03-02 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.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Strunecký, O., Ivanova, A.P. & Mareš, J. (2022 '2023'). An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis (Review). Journal of Phycology 59(1): 12-51.

Nomenclatural note
"The name comes from the Greek Cymatolege, one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of Nereus, sea nymphs of Greek mythology; Cymatolege had the power to stop the waves of the sea." - (12 January 2021) - M.D. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Cyanophyceae: Cymatolegaceae (Strunecky et al., 2023: [20]. - (17 February 2023) - G.M. Guiry

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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. 02 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 May 2025