Ireksokonia K.I.Meyer, 1927

Holotype species: Ireksokonia formosa K.I.Meyer

Original publication and holotype designation: Meyer, K.I. (1927). O vodoroslykh severnogo Baykala [About the algae of northern Baikal]. Russkii Arkhiv Protistologii 6(1-4): 93-118, 23 figures. [in Russian with French abstract]

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Description: Plants consisting of uniseriate, branched filaments, attached basally by thick-walled rhizoids. Erect filaments from 120-135 um in diameter at base, decreasing to 14-27 um towards tips, often terminating in long, narrow hairs. Cells quadrate to subquadrate, uninucleate, each with parietal reticulate chloroplast and several pyrenoids. Zoosporogenesis and sexuality unknown. Endemic to Lake Baikal where filaments grow to 10-12 cm high on pebbles at 4 to 5 m depth. Ireksokonia shows some resembles to Stigeoclonium but differs in its generally larger size and by the reticulate form of the chloroplast.

Information contributed by: D. M. John. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-08-31 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

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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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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024