Actinothamnion W.R.Taylor, 1929

Holotype species: Actinothamnion antillarum W.R.Taylor

Currently accepted name for the type species: Dohrniella antillarum (W.R.Taylor) Feldmann-Mazoyer

Original publication and holotype designation: Taylor, W.R. & Arndt, C.H. (1929). The marine algae of the southwestern Peninsula of Hispaniola. American Journal of Botany 16: 651-662.

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Description: Small creeping plant with erect axes 1-2 cm high, spirally arranged determinate branchlets singly from each node in upper thallus. Axial cells of upper branches bearing 1-3 papilliform cells as in Dohrniella but generic identity remains uncertain until reproductive system is known.

Information kindly contributed by E.M. Wollaston but may now be outdated.

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

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Athanasiadis, A. (1996). Morphology and classification of the Ceramioideae (Rhodophyta) based on phylogenetic principles. Opera Botanica 128: [1]-216, 108 figs.

Comments: Known only from the West Indies area. Rare.

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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. 25 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 December 2024