Arthrothamnus Ruprecht, 1848

Holotype species: Arthrothamnus kurilensis Ruprecht

Original publication and holotype designation: Ruprecht, F.J. (1848 '1849'). Bemerkungen über den Bau und das Wachstum einiger grossen Algen-stamme, und über die Mittel, das alter derselben zu bestimmen. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sciences Naturelles, Botanique 6: 59-70, 1 pl..

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Description: Life history diplohaplontic with alternation of large sporophyte bearing unilocular meiosporangia with paraphyses (sori) and microscopic dioecious and oogamous, heteromorphous gametophytes (for detail, see Laminaria). Haploid chromosome number in A. bifidus is n = 22 (Yabu and Tokida 1963). Sporophyte perennial, composed of holdfast, stipe and blade. Blade formation is unique within the Laminariaceae. Blade is linear in shape and produces an auriculate outgrowth on both sides of its base when maturing. Both auriculate outgrowth develop into a new stipe and blade while the old overwintering blade is shed in spring leaving a scar extending from the broadened top of the stipe to the base of each outgrowth. This probably annual blade regeneration pattern results in a ramificated stipe, the number of ramifications being equivalent to the age of the sporophyte. Original holdfast composed of short hapteres. Secondary stipes also produce hapteres along lower margin. Sori on A. bifidus develop in winter on both blade surfaces as irregular longitudinal line in the central portion of the blade. Structure of sporophyte as in Laminaria composed of photosynthetic meristoderm, parenchymatic cortex and central medulla.

Information contributed by: I. Bartsch. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-09-10 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.

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.

Comments: Genus endemic to the northern parts of the Pacific (probably from the Aleutian islands to Hokkaido, Japan; also Kamchatka and Saghalien), growing subtidally.

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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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