Tortitaenia Brook, 1998
Holotype species: Tortitaenia obscura (Ralfs) Brook
Publication details: Brook, 1998: 146
Original publication and holotype designation: Brook, A.J. (1998). Tortitaenia nom. nov. pro Polytaenia Brook, a name of a genus of saccoderm desmids. The Quekett Journal of Microscopy 38: 146.
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Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Guiry, M.D. (2013). Taxonomy and nomenclature of the Conjugatophyceae (=Zygnematophyceae). Algae. An International Journal of Algal Research 28: 1-29.
Nomenclatural note
New name for Polytaenia A.J. Brook, 1997, nom. illeg. - (23 March 2009) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic note
Suborder Zygnematiinae, family Mesotaeniaceae (Brook & Johnson in John et al. 2002). However, they note that Roya and Tortitaenia possess features linking them to certain placoderm desmids of the suborder Desmidiineae. - (21 June 2012) - G.M. Guiry
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 December 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2025
