Boreolithothamnion P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.Peña, 2023

Holotype species: Boreolithothamnion glaciale (Kjellman) P.W.Gabrielson, Maneveldt, Hughey & V.Peña

Original publication and holotype designation: Gabrielson, P.W., Maneveldt, G.W., Hughey, J.R. & Peña, V. (2023). Taxonomic contributions to Hapalidales (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta): Boreolithothamnion gen. nov., Lithothamnion redefined and with three new species and Roseolithon with new combinations. Journal of Phycology 59: 751-774.

Description: Plants non-geniculate, entirely pseu-doparenchymatous; encrusting to warty, lumpy, fruticose and/or foliose; epilithic, epizoic and/or epiphytic, or growing unattached as free-living rhodoliths. Thallus dorsiventral in encrusting portions, more or less ra-dial in branches/protuberances; thallus construction monomerous and plumose (non-coaxial), single system of branched, laterally coherent filaments that form ventral medullary region (oriented more or less parallel to the substrate) where filaments curve both upwards and downward; downward curving filaments often terminate in elongate initials; upward curving filaments comprise a peripheral cortical region (ori-ented more or less perpendicular to the substrate) that terminate at thallus surface in one or more epi-thallial cell layers; haustoria unknown; epithallial cells flared; subepithallial initials (intercalary meristematic cells) usually as long as or longer than their immediate inward derivatives. Cells of adjacent filaments joined by fusions; secondary pit-connections absent. Trichocytes unknown. Gametangial plants presum-ably apparently dioecious. Spermatangia branched on male conceptacle floor, unbranched and arcuate on walls and roof. Female (carpogonial) conceptacles raised, conical with chambers flask-shaped. Female conceptacles with carpogonial branches across conceptacle floor; carpogonial branches two-celled, borne on supporting cells; each hypogenous cell bearing one or two carpogonia. After presumed fertilization two-celled gonimoblast filaments borne discontinuously among senescent carpogonia across carposporangial conceptacle floor. Carposporangial conceptacle chambers elliptical, canal surrounded by papillae. Tetra/bisporangial plants with multipo-rate conceptacles. Tetra/bisporangial conceptacle roof formation from vegetative filaments both peripheral to and interspersed among developing tetra/bisporangial initials. Lowermost cells of vegetative filaments elongate; some degenerate to form conceptacle chamber; uppermost cells form the conceptacle roof. Tetra/bisporangia zonately divided. Apical plugs block roof pores before spore release.

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 2023-10-10 by G.M. 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: Gabrielson, P.W., Maneveldt, G.W., Hughey, J.R. & Peña, V. (2023). Taxonomic contributions to Hapalidales (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta): Boreolithothamnion gen. nov., Lithothamnion redefined and with three new species and Roseolithon with new combinations. Journal of Phycology 59: 751-774.

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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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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 May 2024