Stypopodium

Stypopodium is a genus of thalloid brown alga in the family Dictyotaceae. Members of the genus are found in shallow tropical and subtropical seas around Africa, Pakistan, India, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Micronesia, the Caribbean, Venezuela, and Brazil.^[2]

Stypopodium
Stypopodium multipartitum (figs. 1-3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Dictyotales
Family:	Dictyotaceae
Genus:	Stypopodium J. Agardh, 1894[1]
Species
Stypopodium atomarium (Woodward) Kützing Stypopodium attenuatum Kützing, 1849 Stypopodium australasicum (Zanardini) Allender & Kraft, 1983 Stypopodium flabelliforme Weber-van Bosse, 1913 Stypopodium multipartitum (Suhr) P.C.Silva, 1996 Stypopodium rabdoides (Allender & Kraft) Kraft, 2009 Stypopodium schimperi (Buchinger ex Kützing) Verlaque & Boudouresque, 1991 Stypopodium shameelii M.Nizamuddin & K.Aisha Stypopodium tubruqense M.Nizamuddin & M.Godeh Stypopodium zonale (J.V.Lamouroux) Papenfuss, 1940

Characteristics

The thalli are usually erect but sometimes prostrate, growing to a length of about 35 centimetres (14 in). They are attached to the substrate by a rhizoidal holdfast and often form bushy clumps. The blades are membranous and either wedge shaped or divided into linear segments. The sporangia are densely scattered over the surface of the blade or occur in irregularly-shaped sori, forming four spores.^[2]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:^[1]

• Stypopodium atomarium (Woodward) Kützing
• Stypopodium australasicum (Zanardini) Allender & Kraft, 1983
• Stypopodium flabelliforme Weber-van Bosse, 1913
• Stypopodium multipartitum (Suhr) P.C.Silva, 1996
• Stypopodium rabdoides (Allender & Kraft) Kraft, 2009
• Stypopodium schimperi (Buchinger ex Kützing) Verlaque & Boudouresque, 1991
• Stypopodium shameelii M.Nizamuddin & K.Aisha
• Stypopodium tubruqense M.Nizamuddin & M.Godeh
• Stypopodium zonale (J.V.Lamouroux) Papenfuss, 1940