Austroepiphloea Molinari, Sánchez Ocharan & Guiry, 2021

Holotype species: Austroepiphloea bullosa (Harvey) Molinari, Sánchez Ocharan & Guiry

Currently accepted name for the type species: Halymenia bullosa (Harvey) Huisman, Rodríguez-Prieto & Showe M.Lin

Original publication: Molinari-Novoa, E.A., Mayta, L.F., Sánchez Ocharan, C.E. & Guiry, M.D. (2021). Nomenclatural notes on algae. I. Replacement names for various algal taxa. Notulae Algarum 177: 1-9.

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Type designated in: Schmitz, F. (1894). Kleinere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Florideen. Nuova Notarisia 5: 608-635.

Description: Foliose, round to lanceolate, entire or irregularly split. Stipe short, thick. Medulla of thin, loosely interwoven filaments and rhizoids. Cortex of isodiametric cells, progressively smaller toward cuticle. Cystocarps embedded in medulla. Spermatangia undescribed. Tetrasporophyte isomorphic. Tetrasporangia cruciate, in cortex.

Information kindly contributed by S.C. Lindstrom & J.A. Lewis but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halymenia.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Rodríguez-Prieto, C., Huisman, J.M. & Lin, S.-M. (2022). Molecular phylogeny of foliose Halymenia and Austroepiphloea (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Indo-Pacific, with the description of Halymenia taiwanensis sp. nov. Phycologia 61(4): [1-12] 384-395.

Comments: Known only from southern and western Australia.

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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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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 May 2024