Rhytimenia Huisman & G.W.Saunders, 2016

Holotype species: Rhytimenia maculata (Weber Bosse) Huisman & G.W.Saunders

Original publication and holotype designation: Huisman, J.M., Saunders, G.W., Le Gall, L. & Vergés, A. (2016). Rhytimenia, a new genus of red algae based on the rare Kallymenia maculata (Kallymeniaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 55(3): 299-307.

Description: Thallus with foliose gelatinous bullate blades; medulla wholly filamentous, the filaments forming an interconnected network, lacking ganglionic cells; cortex with outer layer of angular cells (in surface view). Carpogonial branch structure with 1 (–2) three-celled carpogonial branches and several spherical subsidiary cells. Cystocarps domed.

Information contributed by: Huisman & Saunders (2018).. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-09-26 by M.D. Guiry.

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

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Saunders, G.W., Huisman, J.M., Vergés, A., Kraft, G.T. & Le Gall, L. (2017). Phylogenetic analyses support recognition of ten new genera, ten new species and 16 new combinations in the family Kallymeniaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 38(2): 79-132, 126 figs.

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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. 26 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 December 2024