Tetrastrum apiculatum (Lemmermann) Schmidle ex Brunnthaler 1915
Publication Details
Tetrastrum apiculatum (Lemmermann) Schmidle ex Brunnthaler 1915: 177
Published in: Brunnthaler, J. (1915). Protococcales. In: Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. Heft 5. Tetrasporales, Protococcales, einzellige Gattung unsicherer Stellung. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. 52-205. Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Tetrastrum is Tetrastrum heteracanthum (Nordstedt) Chodat.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Willea apiculata (Lemmermann) D.M.John, M.J.Wynne & P.M.Tsarenko.
Source of Synonymy
John, D.M., Wynne, M.J. & Tsarenko, P.M. (2014). Reinstatement of the genus Willea Schmidle 1900 for Crucigeniella Lemmermann 1900 nom. illeg. (Chlorellales, Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Phytotaxa 167(2): 212-214, no figs.
Basionym
Staurogenia apiculata Lemmermann
Type Information
Type locality: "Oberer Aulagenteich in Grimma" [Saxony, German]; (Lemmermann 1898: 151)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), ending abruptly in a sharp point or apiculum (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 06 March 2003 by Andy Taylor.
Last updated: 19 March 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2024
