Gymnogongrus Martius, 1833
Holotype species: Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) Martius
Original publication and holotype designation: Martius, C.F.P. von (1833). Flora brasiliensis, seu, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia: tam sua sponte quam accedente cultura provenientium, quas in itinere auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis annis 1817-1820 peracto collegit, partim descripsit; alias a Maximiliano Seren. Principe Widensi, sellovio aliisque advectas addidit, communibus amicorum propriisque studiis secundum methodum naturalem dispositas et illustratas. Vol. I. Pars prior. Algae, lichenes, hepaticae exposuerunt Martius. Eschweilfr [sic]. Nees ab Esenbeck. pp. [i]-iv, [1]-390. Stuttgartiae & Tubingae [Stuttgart & Tübingen]: sumptibus J.G. Cottae.
Request PDFDescription: Plants of the largest species reach 25 cm in length and occur singly or in dense aggregates from extensive (to 40 cm diam.) crustose bases. Gametophytes are erect, generally compressed, dichotomous, and either lack or have varying numbers of proliferous marginal laterals. The pseudoparenchymatous medulla is a mixture of densely compacted large and small cells. Carpogonial branches bear a 1-2-celled sterile branch and cystocarps have multiple ostioles in Japanese species (Masuda 1987). Gametophyte and carposporophyte anatomy has been studied by Schotter (1968). Tetrasporangia are either unknown altogether, occur as "tetrasporoblastic" nemathecia on gametophytes, or appear as Erythrodermis-type diminutive crusts. McCandless and Vollmer (1984) examined gametophytes of a Californian representative on which pustular nemathecia of catenate tetrasporangia are produced and found that the sporangial and spore walls contained different fractions of carrageenan (lambda and kappa, respectively), implying that the "carpotetrasporangia" are a result of meiosis.
Information contributed by: G.T. Kraft. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-05-24 by Francisco F. Pedroche.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as masculine.
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 species is distributed on both sides of the Atlantic from Massachussetts to Uruguay in the west and from the British Isles to the Canary Isles and the Mediterranean in the east. The genus as a whole appeas centred in cool to cold-temperate waters of both hemispheres (Ricker 1987), although apparently valid species also occur in the decidedly tropical waters of the Caribbean Sea (Taylor 1971) and Viet Nam (Dawson 1954).
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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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Francisco F. Pedroche in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
