Rindifilum Malavasi, Klimešová, Lukešová, & Škaloud, 2022

Holotype species: Rindifilum ramosum Malavasi, Klimešová, Lukešová, & Škaloud

Currently accepted name for the type species: Rindifilum verrucariae (Darienko & Pröschold) Malavasi & Škaloud

Original publication and holotype designation: Malavasi, V., Klimešová, M., Lukešová, A. & Škaloud, P. (2022). Rindifilum ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new freshwater genus within the Ulvales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). Cryptogamie, Algologie 43(8): 125-133, 3 figs.

Description: Algae typically have a heterotrichous thallus. Most of the thallus are prostrate and the erect or semi-erect system remains poorly developed. Both the prostrate and upright structures are distinctly irregular in shape. A prostrate very dense system of branched filaments gives rise to an upright system of thinner, also much branched, uniseriate filaments. Prostrate system is formed from rounded/spherical cells often gathered into cell packages. Cells are uninucleate, possess a parietal chloroplast and one pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction by two or four autospores. Sexual reproduction was not observed. Differs from other genera by 18S rRNA and tufA sequences. Moreover, this genus differs in morphology by the combination of features as the “pear-shaped cells” that develop directly into a "hammer-shaped filament."

Information contributed by: Original description.. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-04-22 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 neuter.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Malavasi, V. & Škaloud, P. (2022). A taxonomic note on the genus Rindifilum Malavasi, Klimešová, Lukešová & Škaloud (Ulvales, Ulvophyceae). Notulae Algarum 245: 1-3, 2 figs.

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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. 22 April 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 May 2024