Recognition of Rubrointrusa membranacea gen. et comb. nov., Rhodonematella subimmersa gen. et comb. nov. (with a reinterpretation of the life history) and the Meiodiscaceae fam. nov. within the Palmariales (Rhodophyta)

Phycologia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-300

  Clayden, Susan L ^a   Saunders, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colaconema membranaceum; Colaconema subimmersum; Halosacciocolax; Meiodiscaceae; Meiodiscus; Palmariales; Rhodonematella; Rhodophyta; Rubrointrusa; Systematics

Indexed keywords

COLACONEMA; MEIODISCUS; MEIODISCUS SPETSBERGENSIS; PALMARIACEAE; PALMARIALES; RHODOPHYSEMA; RHODOPHYSEMATACEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 77952469232     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/PH09-43.1     Document Type: Article

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