Scytolyngbya, Song & Jiang & Li, 2015
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.224.1.5 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D4AC6F-FFDC-FF99-AFAE-FB7CFAB5F9EC |
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Felipe |
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Scytolyngbya |
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Scytolyngbya Song et Li, gen. nov.
Thallus pale bluish green to yellow-brown. Filaments bent, entangled, nonmotile, with repeated, single false branching. Branches mostly narrower than the main filaments. Trichomes thin, monoseriate, only single within filaments, cylindrical along the whole length. Sheaths initially thin, colourless, later yellow-brown, widened, appearing firm. Cells longer than wide, cylindrical, non-granular, distinctly constricted at cross-walls, not attenuated at the ends. Apical cells rounded.
Type:— Scytolyngbya timoleontis Song et Li, sp. nov.
Habitat:— epilithically on well’s stones (with dim light) in a water treatment facility.
Etymology:— the name of genus “ Scytolyngbya ” was chosen due to the repeatedly false branching.
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