Spirocladia Børgesen, 1933

Holotype species: Spirocladia barodensis Børgesen

Original publication and holotype designation: Børgesen, F. (1933). On a new genus of the Lophotalieae (fam. Rhodomelaceae). Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Biologiske Meddelelser 10(8): 1-16, 10 figs.

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Description: Thallus erect, decumbent or with erect and prostrate axes. Primary axes polysiphonous, each axial cell with 4 pericentral cells, ecorticate or lightly to heavily corticated by descending rhizoids. Pigmented trichoblasts arising from basal cells borne 1 per segment and in a quarter spiral arrangement. Reproductive structures on trichoblasts. Spermatangial branches cylindrical to conical, with a monosiphonous stalk and bearing lateral monosiphonous filaments in the fertile region. Cystocarps ellipsoidal to urceolate. Tetrasporangia in stichidia, with 1 sporangium per segment in a spiral sequence and also bearing lateral monosiphonous filaments.

Information contributed by: Huisman (2018). The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-10-10 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: Schneider, C.W. & Wynne, M.J. (2007). A synoptic review of the classification of red algal genera a half a century after Kylin's "Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen". Botanica Marina 50: 197-249.

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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. 10 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024