Dictyosphaerium tetrachotomum Printz 1914

Publication Details
Dictyosphaerium tetrachotomum Printz 1914: 24, pl. I [1]: figs 5, 6

Published in: Printz, H. (1914). Kristianiatraktens Protococcoideer. Skrifter Utgit av Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania, Matematisk-Naturvidenskabelig Klasse 1913(6): 1-121, 2 figures, 7 plates.

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Publication date: 1914

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyosphaerium is Dictyosphaerium ehrenbergianum Nägeli.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hindakia tetrachotoma (Printz) C.Bock, Pröschold & Krienitz.

Source of Synonymy
Bock, C., Proschold, T. & Krienitz, L. (2010). Two new Dictyosphaerium-morphotype lineages of the Chlorellaceae (Trebouxiophyceae): Heynigia gen. nov. and Hindakia gen. nov.. European Journal Of Phycology 45(3): 267-277.

Type Information
Type locality: S. Norway; (INA 1996) Holotype: Fig. 5 in pl. I in Printz 1914: (Bock et al. 2010: 270) Notes: Epitype: Material from the epitype strain CCAP 222/80 was cryopreserved at the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa, Oban, Scotland.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 November 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 November 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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