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Name derivation:
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kompos (Gr.) – elegant + thamnion – a small shrub.
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Classification:
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Compsothamnion (Nägeli) F. Schmitz 1889; 3 of 4 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016).
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Morphology:
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Erect to 5 cm uniseriate axes alternately branched 3 times in one plane from each axial cell. Dioecious gametophytes (Dawes and Mathieson 2008).
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Similar genera: |
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Antarcticothamnion Moe and Silva Callithamnion, Compsothamniella Itono and Conferva J.E. Smith.
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Habitat:
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Epiphyte ~100 km off east coast of Florida; also found in the Carolinas, Bermuda, the Bahamas, eastern north and tropical Atlantic, and the Mediterranean (Ibid.) |
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References:
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Dawes, C. J. and A. C. Mathieson. 2008. The seaweeds of Florida. Univ.
Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 591 pp. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 2 May 2014. Schmitz, F. 1889. Systematische Übersicht der bisher bekannten Gattungen der Florideen. Flora oder Allgemeine botanische Zeitung 72: 435-456, pl. XXI.
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