Synarthrophyton

Synarthrophyton
Scientific classification
Phylum:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Corallinales
Family:	Corallinaceae
Genus:	Synarthrophyton Townsend, 1979

Synarthrophyton is a genus of thalloid alga comprising eight species. The monomerous, crustose thalli are composed of a single system of filaments which grow close to the underlying surface. Synarthrophyton reproduces by means of flask-shaped multiporate conceptacles; it produces tetraspores and dispores. Mucus plugs the opening of young conceptacles, which open as they mature.^[1]

Species

The valid species currently considered to belong to this genus are:

S. chejuensis
S. eckloniae
S. magellanicum
S. munimentum
S. patena
S. robbenense
S. schielianum
S. schmitzii

References

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Synarthrophyton". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=39500. Retrieved 2009-04-19.

^ Keats, D. W; Chamberlain, Y. M (1997). "The non-geniculate coralline algae Synarthrophyton eckloniae (Foslie) comb. nov. And S. magellanicum (Foslie) comb. nov. (Rhodophyta) in South Africa including comparison with relevant types". European Journal of Phycology 32 (01): 55–79. doi:10.1080/09541449710001719375.