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Name derivation:
Golden gray chryso- (Gr.) golden, phae- or phaio- (Gr.) gray
Classification:
Chrysophaeum taylorii I.F. Lewis and H.F. Bryan 1941; one species (C. taylorii) has been described and is currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016). Order Sarcinochrysidales; Family Sarcinochrysidaceae Sometimes placed in Class Pelagophyceae within the Ochrophytes (Ibid.).
Morphology:
Macroscopic gelatinous colonies up to 6 cm tall, dull yellow ‘mustard’ color, with cells on streamers. Cells 49 – 118 µm long and 24 – 38 µm wide (Dawes and Mathieson 2008).
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Habitat:
Marine subtropical to tropical, benthic, shallow to ~ 45 m depth.   Reported from Guam (Lobban et al. 1995) and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (Schaffelke et al. 2004)..
References:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 December 2012. Dawes, C.J. and A.C. Mathieson 2008. The Seaweeds of Florida. University Press of florida (592 pp). Lewis, I.F. & Bryan, H.F. (1941). A new protophyte from the Dry Tortugas. American Journal of Botany 28: 343-348
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