Phyllariopsis E.C.Henry & G.R.South, 1987

Holotype species: Phyllariopsis brevipes (C.Agardh) E.C.Henry & G.R.South

Original publication and holotype designation: Henry, E.C. & South, G.R. (1987). Phyllariopsis gen. nov. and a reappraisal of the Phyllariaceae Tilden 1935 (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae). Phycologia 26: 9-16.

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Description: Holdfast a simple disc or with short unbranched haptera, formed by growth from or expansion of an initial simple attachment disc. Stipe short, 5-9 cm. Blades annual, to 1 m tall, simple or becoming lacerated with age. Costae lacking, hair-pits present on young blades. Mucilage ducts lacking, medulla containing long, thick-walled longitudinal conducting cells (solenocysts) and lateral connecting cells (allelocysts) rather than sieve tubes. Sporangial sori formed on lower parts of the lamina, paraphyses lacking a hyaline appendage, zoospores with a red eyespot. Gametophytes of P. brevipes dioecious but never becoming filamentous and not sexually dimorphic. Marine, rarely in littoral, usually in deep water to 85 m from the Strait of Messina in the Mediterranean to Atlantic France.

Information contributed by: E. C. Henry. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2014-06-21 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Silberfeld, T., Rousseau, F. & Reviers, B. de (2014). An updated classification of brown algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae). Cryptogamie Algologie 35(2): 117-156, 1 fig., 1 table.

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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. 21 June 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024