01502nas a2200145   4500008004100000020002300041245014800064210006900212260003200281300001200313490000800325520095200333100001701285856005401302       1975                        eng d  a00973157, 1938529300aNotes on Parasitic Rhodomelaceae, I: The Morphology and Systematic Position of Benzaitenia yenoshimensis Yendo, a Parasitic Red Alga from Japan0 aNotes on Parasitic Rhodomelaceae I The Morphology and Systematic  bAcademy of Natural Sciences  a203-2150 v1273 a[The morphology of Benzaitenia yenoshimensis Yendo (Ceramiales, Rhodomelaceae), parasitic on Chondria crassicaulis Harvey (Ceramiales, Rhodomelaceae) from Japan, is discussed and illustrated. Pericentral cells in Benzaitenia divide into tier-cells; neither vegetative nor reproductive trichoblasts are produced; reproductive structures are borne directly on the main axis; 1-several procarps are produced per fertile axis; 6 pericentral cells are formed in the fertile segment; 1 sterile cell group occasionally is missing; 2 gonimoblast initials appear to be formed; gonimoblast cells form secondary pit connections; spermatangial axes have 4-5(-6?) pericentral cells; tetrasporangia are borne in whorls of 6 per segment and sporangial initials are cut off prior to cover cells (a condition not previously reported for a member of the Rhodomelaceae). Benzaitenia is a member of the tribe Bostrychieae and is closely related to Bostrychia itself.]1 aJoy, Morrill  uhttps://algaldiseases.myspecies.info/de/node/1697