Biology:Synarthrophyton

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Short description: Genus of algae

Synarthrophyton
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Corallinales
Family: Hapalidiaceae
Subfamily: Melobesioideae
Genus: Synarthrophyton
Townsend, 1979[1]

Synarthrophyton is a genus of thalloid red algae comprising eight species. The monomerous, crustose thalli are composed of a single system of filaments which grow close to the underlying surface. Synarthrophyton reproduces by means of flask-shaped multiporate conceptacles; it produces tetraspores and dispores. Mucus plugs the opening of young conceptacles, which open as they mature.[2]

Species

The valid species currently considered to belong to this genus are:

  • S. chejuensis
  • S. eckloniae
  • S. magellanicum
  • S. munimentum
  • S. patena
  • S. robbenense
  • S. schielianum
  • S. schmitzii

References

  1. "WoRMS: Synarthrophyton". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370272. 
  2. Keats, D. W; Chamberlain, Y. M (1997). "The non-geniculate coralline algae Synarthrophyton eckloniae (Foslie) comb. nov. And S. magellanicum (Foslie) comb. nov. (Rhodophyta) in South Africa including comparison with relevant types". European Journal of Phycology 32 (1): 55–79. doi:10.1080/09541449710001719375. 

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