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Name derivation: |
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Classification: |
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Balbiania Sirdot 1876; 2 of 3 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (guiry and Guiry 2013).Order Balgianiales (Sheath and Műller 1999); Family Balbianiaceae |
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Morphology: |
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Red filaments, uniaxial, branched, epiphytes on members of Family Batrachospermaceae.Cells cylindrical 3-5 µm and 30-90 µm long. Several chloroplasts per cell (Sheath and Sherwood 2011). Triphasic life cycle: 1. Gametophyte carpogonia have an elongate and thin trichogye. 2. Carposporophytes resemble gametophytes with tetrasporangia on short branches. 3. Sporophytes produce monospores 7-9 µm in diameter. |
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Similar genera: |
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Rhodochorton, to which some species of Balbania have been moved. (Swale and Belcher 1963). |
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 September 2013. Sirodot, S. 1876. Le Balbiania investiens. Étude organogénique et phylsiologique. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série SER6 T3: 146-174, pls 13-15. Sheath, R.G., and K.M. Műller 1999. Systematic status and phylogenetic relationships of the freshwater genus Balbiania (Rhodophyta). J. Phycol. 35(4):855-864. Sheath, R.G., and A.R. Sherwood 2011. PHYLUM RHODOPHYTA (Red Algae). In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles, John, D.M., B.A.Whitton, and A.J. Brook, Eds. (878 pp). Swale, E.M.F., and J.H. Belcher 1963. Morphological observations on wild and cultured material of Rhodochoprton investiens (Lenormand) nov. comb. (Balbiania investiens (Lenormand) Sirodot). Annals of Botany 27:281-290. B |
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