Grunowago Lobban & Ashworth gen. nov.

Description.

Valves linear to lanceolate, isopolar; uniseriate striae, virgae thickened internally and a prominent longitudinal costa under the midline. Annulus not apparent even on the valve-mantle junction. No pseudoseptum but continuous rim on valve border.

Type species.

Grunowago bacillaris (Grunow) Lobban & Ashworth.

Etymology.

Grunow + - ago (from agere, to move, perform, achieve, etc.; see Stearn 1973: 293) Named in recognition of the body of work of Albert Grunow (1826-1914), which included the original recognition of the type species in his study of a Honduras sample. The compound noun is feminine.

Included species.

Grunowago bacillaris (Grunow) Lobban & Ashworth, comb. nov.

Grunowago pacifica sp. nov.

Registration.

Phycobank http://phycobank.org/103244.