Description

Description. Known only from the " Chantransia " sporophyte generation. Plant macroscopic, up to 25.9 mm, bluish; basal portion consisting of an irregular prostrate system of densely aggregated filaments; lateral branches developing at angle <25 °. Vegetative cells of main branches cylindrical, (12.7) 13.6 - 63.6 (68.2) μm long and (8.2) 10.9 - 20.9 (22.7) μm in diameter. Monosporangia numerous, mostly grow at the tip of 1 - 5 - celled, short branchlets, singly or in clusters, obovoidal, (11.8) 12.7 - 21.8 (23.6) μm long and (10.9) 11.8 - 16.4 (17.3) μm in diameter. Chloroplasts laminate or irregularly lobed, 2 - 4 per cell.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Rhodophyta

Class: Florideophyceae

Order: Thoreales

Family: Thoreaceae

Genus: Thorea

Species: Thorea baiyunensis Han, Nan & Xie, 2022