Tellamia Batters, 1895
Lectotype species: Tellamia contorta Batters
Original publication: Batters, E.A.L. (1895). Some new British algae. Annals of Botany 9: 168-169.
Request PDFType designated in: Batters, E.A.L. (1895). On some new British marine algae. Annals of Botany 9: 307-321, Plate 11 (2 pages).
Description: Thallus yellow- or brownish-green, or more rarely a clear grass-green, minute; composed of radiating branched jointed threads with tun-shaped or oval cells very much constricted at the joints. At first the filament are rolled up into an almost spherical ball, afterwards they spread out and branch in all directions. Reproduction by zoospores formed in the swollen cells, which frequently become nearly globular. The speciesof this genus grow in the periostracum of the common yellow periwinkle ( Littorina obtusta.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2007-12-31 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.
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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. 31 December 2007. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 November 2024
