Neurocaulon Zanardini ex Kützing, 1849, nom. et typ. cons.

Holotype species: Neurocaulon foliosum (Meneghini) Zanardini ex Kützing

Original publication and holotype designation: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Description: Plants reach 12 cm in length, are erect from a discoid holdfast, terete and cartilaginous below, and proliferous above with simple and very distinctive reniform blades. Carpogonial branches and auxiliary cells are similar to those of Halarachnion. Tetrasporangia are produced in diminutive crusts from which erect gametophytes also arise. Anatomical and life history studies have been made by Codomier (1967, 1969).

Information contributed by: G.T. Kraft. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-09-28 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: 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.

Comments: Distribution: The type and the second species, H. grandifolium Rodriguez, are endemic to the Mediterranean Sea.

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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. 28 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024