Leptothoe

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synechococcales
Prokaryota Superregnum: Bacteria Group: Terrabacteria group Group: Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria group Phylum: Cyanobacteria Classis: Cyanophyceae Subclassis: Synechococcophycideae Ordo: Synechococcales

Familia: Leptolyngbyaceae
Genus: Leptothoe

Species: L. sithoniana – L. kymatousa – L. spongobia

Name

Leptothoe D. Konstantinou & S. Gkelis, 2019

Type species: Leptothoe sithoniana D. Konstantinou & S. Gkelis, 2019

Etymology: The genus name Leptothoe is made up of the Greek words λεπτός (leptos)—thin and Θόη (Thoe) one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of Nereus, sea nymphs of Greek mythology particularly associated with the Aegean Sea.

Description

Filaments densely and irregularly entangled, forming compact colony (thallus), attached to the substrate, pinkish to reddish or brownish-red; unbranched, straight to curved, not attenuated toward the ends. Sheaths colorless, firm, thin, and slightly to rarely distinct. Trichomes 0.8–2.9 μm wide, immotile, slightly constricted to strongly constricted at the cross walls. Cells isodiametric, longer or shorter than wide with peripheral thylakoids; apical cells rounded or conical rounded.

References

• Konstantinou, D., Voultsiadou, E., Panteris, E., Zervou, S.K., Hiskia, A. & Gkelis, S. 2019. Leptothoe, a new genus of marine cyanobacteria (Synechococcales) and three new species associated with sponges from the Aegean Sea. Journal of Phycology, 55(4): 882-897. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12866 Reference page.