Melchionna M, De Masi F
Cytobios. 1978;20(78):113-9.
Erythrocystis montagnei lives as a symbiont on the thallus of another red alga, Laurencia paniculata. This electron microscope study carried out on its vegatative cells shows that the plastids have a fine structure adequate to perform photosynthesis, different from that observed in other parasitic red algae. Starch granules occur frequently in all the cells of the thallus except the large vacuolized basal cell, which joins together the symbionts. These features suggest that Erythrocystis lives on its host plant for reasons other than a lack of photosynthesis.
蒙氏红细胞藻作为一种共生生物生活在另一种红藻——圆锥仙菜的叶状体上。这项对其营养细胞进行的电子显微镜研究表明，其质体具有适合进行光合作用的精细结构，这与在其他寄生红藻中观察到的不同。除了连接共生体的大液泡化基部细胞外，淀粉粒在叶状体的所有细胞中都很常见。这些特征表明，红细胞藻寄生于宿主植物并非是因为缺乏光合作用。
