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Hincksia J.E. Gray 1864; 31 of 45 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016). Order Ectocarpales; Family Acinetosporaceae Synonyms (Kim and Lee 1994): Acinetospora, Feldmannia, Kuetzingiella |
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Uniseriate branched filaments with intercalary cell division. Many disc-shaped parietal chloroplasts per cell. |
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Marine, widespread, entangled in drift on all coasts (Dawes and Mathieson 2008). |
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References: |
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Dawes, C.J. and A.C. Mathieson 2008. Seaweeds of Florida. University Press of Florida (592 pp). Gray, J.E. (1864). Handbook of British water-weeds or algae. The Diatomaceae by W. Carruthers. pp. i-iv, 1-123. London: R. Hardwicke, Picadilly. Guiry, M.D., and G.M. Guiry 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 January 2013. Kim, M.S. and I.K. Lee 1994. Morphotaxonomic studies on the Korean Ectocarpaceae (Phaeophyta). II. Genus Feldmannia Hamel, specially referred to morphogenesis and phylogenetic relationship among related genera. Korean Journal of Phycology 9: 153-168. |
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