Tetrapedia cruxmichaeli Reinsch 1866
Publication Details
Tetrapedia cruxmichaeli Reinsch 1866: 38, pl. I [1]: fig. VI [6] (as 'Crux Michaeli')
Published in: Reinsch, P.F. (1866). Die Algenflora des mittleren Theiles von Franken (des Keupergebietes mit den angrenzenden Partien des jurassischen Gebietes) enthaltend die vom Autor bis jetzt in diesen Gebieten beobachteten Susswasseralgen und die Diagnosen und Abbildungen von ein und funfzig vom Autor in diesem gebiete entdeckten neuen Arten und drei neuen Gattungen. Abhandlungen der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Nürnberg 3(2): 1-238, 13 plates.
Request PDFPublication date: November 1866
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Tetrapedia is Tetrapedia gothica Reinsch.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Crucigenia cruxmichaeli (Reinsch) Playfair.
Source of Synonymy
Playfair, G.J. (1917). Census of New South Wales freshwater algae. In: A census of New South Wales plants: "With supplements to follow on vascular cryptogams by various specialists" Supplement 1. (Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. Eds), pp. 219-262. Sydney: W. A. Gullick, government printer, 1916.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 September 2010 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 April 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 January 2025
