Tetrastrum heteracanthum (Nordstedt) Chodat 1895
Publication Details
Tetrastrum heteracanthum (Nordstedt) Chodat 1895: 113
Published in: Chodat, R. (1895 '1894'). Materiaux pour servir a l'histoire des Protococcoidées. II. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 3: 109-114.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Tetrastrum.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Staurogenia heteracantha Nordstedt
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 July 2023
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Taxonomic note
Phylogenetic analyses of the SSU rDNA gene resolved the position of T. heteracanthum and T. staurogeniaeforme as a new lineage within the Oocystis clade of the Trebouxiophyceae (Bock et al. 2013). - (08 July 2013) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025
