Freshwater red algae : phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography / Morgan L. Vis and Orlando Necchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vis, Morgan L., author.

Necchi, Orlando, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Red algae.

Freshwater algae.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 338 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]

Summary:

This book presents the phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of freshwater red algae. Its content is divided into five chapters. The first chapter provides a brief history of freshwater red algal research, habits and collecting methods, general biogeographic trends and an overview of the taxonomic/phylogenetic placement of freshwater taxa. The other four chapters are taxonomic treatments of non-marine red algae based on taxonomic levels, i.e. classes within the phylum Rhodophyta, orders within each class, families within each order, and genera within each family. Descriptions, phylogenetic data (including numerous trees), geographic range (maps for most species) and dichotomous keys for identification are presented. Comprehensive data are provided for more than 220 species.

Contents:

1. History of freshwater red algal studies

Taxonomic diversity and phylogeny

Biogeographic trends

Collection of freshwater red algae

Scope and organization of this book

2. Subphylum Cyanidiophytina

Class Cyanidiophyceae

Subphylum Proteorhodophytina

Classes Compsopogonophyceae, Porphyridiophyceae, Rhodellophyceae, and Stylonematophyceae

3. Subphylum Eurhodophytina, Classes Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae

Subclasses Corallinophycidae, Hildenbrandiophycidae, and Rhodymeniophycidae

4. Subphylum Eurodophytina

Class Florideophyceae

Subclass Nemaliophycidae

Orders Acrochaetilates, Balbianiales, and Thoreales

5. Subphylum Eurhodophytina

Subclass Nemalophycidae

Order Batrachospermales

Appendix: recent articles that could not be included in this book

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Vis, Morgan L., Freshwater Red Algae

ISBN:

3-030-83970-2

OCLC:

1303079931