Rindifilum, Malavasi & Klimešová & Lukešová & Škaloud, 2022

Malavasi, Veronica, Klimešová, Michala, Lukešová, Alena & Škaloud, Pavel, 2022, Rindifilum ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new freshwater genus within the Ulvales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta), Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (8), pp. 125-133 : 128-129

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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2022v43a8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7819520

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scientific name

Rindifilum
status

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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