Zygomitus Bornet & Flahault, 1889

Holotype species: Zygomitus reticulatus Bornet & Flahault

Original publication and holotype designation: Bornet, É. & Flahault, C. (1889). Sur quelques plantes vivants dans le test calcaire des mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 36: CXLVII-CLXVII [147-167], pls VI-XII [6-12].

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Description: Plants consisting of branched, uniseriate filaments, often forming an irregular network by fusion of laterals developing from neighbouring filaments or by filaments growing together. Cells cylindrical, 2 to 3 times longer than broad, with cross walls sometimes oblique. Longitudinal divisions lead to the formation of globular or elongate cells similar to surface cells of Ulva and Enteromorpha. Methods of asexual and sexual reproduction unknown. Zygomitus discovered in amongst the blue-green alga Hyella in mollusc shells collected from the French coast. Taxonomic position of this little-known genus remains uncertain.

Information contributed by: D.M. John. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-11-19 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 masculine.

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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. 19 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024