Luticula Qiufeng Yan, Huan Zhu & Guoxiang Liu, 2025

Holotype species: Luticula terrestris Qiufeng Yan, Huan Zhu & Guoxiang Liu

Publication details: Qiufeng Yan, Huan Zhu & Guoxiang Liu, 2025: [7]

Original publication and holotype designation: Yan, Q.F., Liu, B.W., Liu, G.X. & Zhu, H. (2025). Luticula terrestris gen. et sp. nov. (Kornmanniaceae, Ulvales, Chlorophyta), a soil green algal genus from China. Phycological Research 00: [1–8], 4 figures.

Description: Terrestrial, thalli are pseudoparenchymatous, with irregular filamentous branches, mostly bilateral and sometimes unilateral. Cells are often mononucleated. The chloroplast of the vegetative cell is shallowly cup-shaped, sometimes filling the entire cell, with a pyrenoid. The length/ width ratio of the terminal cells is usually 2.0–4.0. Asexual reproduction is achieved through the germination of akinete.

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 2025-05-13 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.

Nomenclatural note
Not to be confused with the diatom genus Luticola D.G.Mann, 1990 (Diadesmidaceae). - (13 May 2025) - M.D. 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. 13 May 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 June 2025