Synarthrophyton
| Synarthrophyton | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | 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
- Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Synarthrophyton". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ "WoRMS: Synarthrophyton". World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ 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.