Kumanoa faroensis (Kumano & Bowden-Kerby) M.L. Vis, Necchi, W.B. Chiasson & Entwisle
"Plants moderately mucilaginous, delicate; branching irregular and abundant; apices straight, apical cells embedded within the fascicle tips; 2.0-5.0 cm high, 300-600 µm in diameter. Whorls well developed, usually distinct and separated, obconic or barrel-shaped. Internode 200-600 µm long. Pericentral cells ovoid with 2-3 primary fascicles; rhizoidal filaments well developed, forming 1-2 layers of cylindrical cells. Primary fascicles straight, 7-12(-14) cell-storeys, proximal cells elliptical or cylindrical, L/D 4-7; distal cells obovoid, pear-shaped or sub-spherical, L/D 1.5-3.5; branching di- or trichotomous. Secondary fascicles abundant, covering the entire internode and as long as primary fascicles.
Monoecious. Spermatangia sub-spherical or spherical, terminal or sub-terminal on primary or secondary fascicles, 4.0-7.0 µm in diameter. Carpogonial branches, helically twisted, arising from pericentral cells, composed of 5-11(-14) disc- or barrel-shaped cells; involucral filaments short, 1-3 cell-storeys; carpogonia 30-45(-52) µm long; trichogynes club-shaped or elliptical, unstalked, 5.0-12.0 µm in diameter. Carposporophytes 1-2 per whorl, loose, semi-spherical, lower than the whorl radius, 200-320 µm in diameter, 120-200 µm high; gonimoblast filaments 4-6 cell-storeys; cells cylindrical to barrel-shaped; carposporangia obovoid or sub-spherical, 10.0-16.5 µm long, 7.0-12.0 µm in diameter."
Necchi, O. Jr. & Vis, M.L. 2012. Monograph of the genus Kumanoa (Rhodophyta, Batrachospermales). Bibliotheca Phycologica 116. J. Cramer. Pp. 78. ISBN 978-3-443-60043-3.
Kumano, S. 2002. Freshwater Red Algae of the World. Biopress limited: Bristol, England. 375 pp.
Kumano, S. & Bowden-Derby, W. A. 1986. Studies on the freshwater Rhodophyta of Micronesia. I. Six new species of Batrachospermum. Roth. Jap. J. Phycol. 34: 107-128.
Type Locality: Caroline Islands, Micronesia.
Distribution: Asia: Micronesia; North Ameria: U.S.A.