Pylaiella Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823, nom. cons.
Holotype species: Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman
Original publication: B[ory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M.] (1823). Confervées. In: Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. (Audouin, I. et al. Eds) Vol. 4, pp. 391-393. Paris: Rey et Gravier; Baudouin Frères.
Request PDFType designated in: Kjellman, F.R. (1872). Bidrag till kännedomen om Skandinaviens Ectocarpeer och Tilopterider. pp. 1-112, 2 plates. Stockholm: Akademisk afhandling Upsala.
Description: The macrothallus is initially a uniseriate filament without a terminal true hair. Later it becomes parenchymatous by the formation of few longitudinal divisions. Branching is monopodial and true hairs are also absent on later developmental stages. Plurilocular and unilocular sporangia are formed by simple transformation of vegetative cells and the placing of the sporangia is only slightly localized. Growth is diffuse intercalary or slightly localized. Each cell contains several disc -shaped chloroplasts each with a pyrenoid.
The branching pattern of the species within the genus varies. Branches may be opposite or scattered in P. littoralis and P. gardneri or initially secund later in a bundle from 2-4 successive cells in P. varia. The more or less frequent formation of longitudinal walls justifies its position amongst parenchymatous brown algae. Longitudinal walls are especially frequent in loose-lying forms; these may occur in masses and create an environmental problem in some places (Wilce 1982). The species referable to Pylaiella show great phenotypic plasticity resulting in controversy about the number of species.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2014-06-20 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.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Silberfeld, T., Rousseau, F. & Reviers, B. de (2014). An updated classification of brown algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae). Cryptogamie Algologie 35(2): 117-156, 1 fig., 1 table.
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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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