Pseudotetrastrum punctatum (Schmidle) Hindák 1977
Publication Details
Pseudotetrastrum punctatum (Schmidle) Hindák 1977: 141
Published in: Hindák, F. (1977). Studies on the chlorococcal algae (Chlorophyceae). I. Biologicke Práce 23: 1-192.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Pseudotetrastrum.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lemmermannia punctata (Schmidle) C.Bock & Krienitz.
Source of Synonymy
Bock, C., Luo, W., Kusber, W.-H., Hegewald, E., Pazoutová, M. & Krienitz, L. (2013). Classification of crucigenoid algae: phylogenetic position of the reinstated genus Lemmermannia, Tetrastrum spp. Crucigenia tetrapedia, and C. lauternornii (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 49(2): 329-339.
Basionym
Staurogenia multiseta var. punctata Schmidle
Type Information
Type locality: Plankton aus dem Altrhein von Roxheim; (INA 1996) Lectotype: pl. VI: figs 13, 14 in Schmidle 1900 (designated by Komárek 1974): material of the strain SAG 25.81 cryopreserved at the SAG Culture Collection Gottingen, Germany (designated in Bochner et al. 2013: 337). (epitype)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dotted, marked with dots, spots, minute glands, etc. (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
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 23 November 2024
