Rindifilum, Malavasi & Klimešová & Lukešová & Škaloud, 2022
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2022v43a8 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7819520 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0396879A-A81B-FFF8-FC14-F8F0FEC746A5 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Rindifilum |
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gen. nov. |
Rindifilum gen. nov.
Algae typically have a heterotrichous thallus. Most of the thallus are prostrate and the erect or semi-erect system remains poorly developed. Both the prostrate and upright structures are distinctly irregular in shape. A prostrate very dense system of branched filaments gives rise to an upright system of thinner, also much branched, uniseriate filaments. Prostrate system is formed from rounded/spherical cells often gathered into cell packages. Cells are uninucleate, possess a parietal chloroplast and one pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction by two or four autospores. Sexual reproduction was not observed. Differs from other genera by 18S rRNA and tuf A sequences. Moreover, this genus differs in morphology by the combination of features as the “pear-shaped cells” that develop directly into a “hammer-shaped filament” ( Fig. 2 View FIG I-L).
TYPE SPECIES. — Rindifilum ramosum sp. nov.
ETYMOLOGY. — This genus is named in honour of Dr Fabio Rindi, who contributed to the knowledge of green algae, including the order Ulvales .
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