Chroodactylon Hansgirg, 1885

Lectotype species: Chroodactylon wolleanum Hansgirg

Original publication: Hansgirg, A. (1885). Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss von der Verbreitung der Chromatophoren und Zellkernen bei den Schizophyceen (Phycochromaceen). Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 3: 14-22.

Type designated in: Drew, K.M. & Ross, R. (1965). Some generic names in the Bangiophycidae. Taxon 14: 93-99.

Description: False-branched pseudofilaments of globose or elliptical cells enclosed in a broad, gelatinous sheath and arranged in an irregular uniseriate manner. Each cell with a blue-green stellate, axial plastid and prominent pyrenoid. Cell diam. 3-16 µm, length 6-20 µm. Strong linear correlation between false branch number and filament length (ca. 1 branch per 200 µm length). Maximum filament length reported 1020 µm in Lake Ontario populations. Reproduction by monospores and fragmentation. No sexual reproduction observed.

Information contributed by: R.G. Sheath. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-04-01 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 neuter.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Necchi, O., Jr. & Vis, M.L. (2021). Subphylum Cyanidiophytina, Class Cyanidiophyceae; Subphylum Proteorhodophytina, Classes Compsopogonophyceae, Porphyridiophyceae, Rhodellophyceae, and Stylonematophyceae. In: Freshwater red algae Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography. ( Eds), pp. 27-56. Cham: Springer [Springer Nature Switzerland AG].

Comments: Widespread epiphyte in temperate and tropical marine and freshwater environments. Freshwaters largely alkaline: specific conductance 170-540 mS cm^-1 and pH 7.8-8.5. A marine isolate (Asterocytis ornata) changed from filamentous in full-strength seawater to unicellular or bicellular form closely resembling Chroothece in quarter-strength seawater. Population in Lake Huron (Asterocytis smarqdina) exhibited luxury storage of phosphorus, as indicated by polyphosphate body accumulation.

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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. 01 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024