Figures 36–41 in DNA sequencing reveals three new species of Chamberlainium (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from South Africa, all formerly passing under Spongites yendoi

Figures 36–41: Chamberlainium occidentale gametangial anatomy. (36) Vertical section through the outer thallus showing a spermatangial conceptacle primordium with peripheral roof development (black arrows) and simple spermatangial systems (black arrowheads) confined to the conceptacle floor. Note the protective layer of epithallial cells (white arrow) (L 3986120). Scale bar = 50 μm. (37) Vertical section through a mature, raised spermatangial conceptacle showing the mucilage plug (white arrowhead) that occludes the pore opening and simple, spermatangial systems (black arrowheads) confined to the conceptacle floor (UWC 15/56). Scale bar = 50 μm. (38) Magnified view through a mature spermatangial conceptacle showing the pore canal lined with terminal, elongate initials (black arrowheads) that project into the pore canal as papillae (UWC 15/56). Scale bar = 20 μm. (39) Magnified view of a mature carpogonial conceptacle with carpogonial branches comprising a single support cell (s), a hypogynous cell (h) with sterile cell (black arrowhead), and a carpogonium (c) extended into a trichogyne (black arrows) that may project out of the pore. Note that the pore canal is lined with terminal, elongate initials (white arrows) that project into the pore canal as papillae (L 3986120). Scale bar = 20 μm. (40) Vertical section through a mature carposporangial conceptacle showing a discontinuous central fusion cell (black arrowhead) with peripherally arranged gonimoblast filaments each terminating in a carposporangium (C) (L 3986120). Scale bar = 50 μm. (41) Magnified view of the floor of a carposporangial conceptacle showing a discontinuous central fusion cell (black arrowheads) bearing a peripherally arranged gonimoblast filament (1–6) terminating in a carposporangium (C). The remains of unfertilised carpogonial branches (black arrow) persist across the dorsal surface of the central fusion cell (L 3986120). Scale bar = 20 μm.