Blastophye J.Agardh, 1892

Lectotype species: Blastophye wilsonis (J.Agardh) J.Agardh

Currently accepted name for the type species: Cryptonemia wilsonis J.Agardh

Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1892). Analecta algologica. Lunds Universitets ÅrsSkrift, Andra Afdelningen, Kongl. Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Handlingar 28(6): 1-182, 3 pls.

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Type designated in: Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.

Description: Foliose, thin and membranous, obovate-ligulate to linear-lanceolate, proliferous from margin, attached by a short stipe. Medulla of loosely interwoven filaments. Cortex of spherical to elliptical cells, progressively smaller toward cuticle. Carposporangia small, numerous. Cystocarps immersed in the thallus, the surrounding cortex projecting. Spermatangia and tetrasporangia unknown.

Information kindly contributed by S.C. Lindstrom & J.A. Lewis but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cryptonemia.

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: Endemic to southeastern Australia. This genus may fall within Cryptonemia.

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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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