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Name derivation:
Classification:
Compsopogon Montagne in Bory de St. Vincent & Durieaux, 1846; There are 23 species of which 5 have been taxonomically accepted. Order Compsopogonales; Family Compsopogonaceae
Morphology:
Branched filament, uniaxial, bluish or violet green. May be attached with a "holdfast". Cells have many small chloroplasts.
Similar genera:
Habitat:
Found in somewhat alkaline subtropical to tropical streams. May be epibiontic. Compsopogon cf. coeruleus has been found in Lake Huron at 21 m depth growing on limestone rocks – the first report of its occurrence in the Laurentian Great Lakes of USA and Canada (Manny et al. 1991).
References:
Fritsch, F.E. 1965. The structure and reproduction of the algae, volume II. Cambridge University Press. 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. Manny, B.A., T.A. Edsall and D.E. Wujek 1991. Compsopogon cf. coeruleus, a benthis red alga (Rhodophyta) new to the Laurentian Great Lakes. Canadian Journal of Botany 69(6): 1237-1240. Wehr, J.D. and R.G. Sheath 2003. Freshwater Algae of North America -- Ecology and Classification. Academic Press (imprint of Elsevier). Montagne, J.F.C. 1846. Flore d'Algérie. Ordo I. Phyceae Fries. In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842...Sciences physiques. Botanique. Cryptogamie. (Durieu De Maisonneuve, M.C. Eds) Vol. 1, pp. 1-197. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, publiée par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une Commission Académique.