Tetrastrum komarekii Hindák 1977

Publication Details
Tetrastrum komarekii Hindák 1977: 157, pls 63-67

Published in: Hindák, F. (1977). Studies on the chlorococcal algae (Chlorophyceae). I. Biologicke Práce 23: 1-192.

Type 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 Lemmermannia komarekii (Hindák) 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.

Type Information
Holotype locality: Petrová ves, Slovakia; (Bock & al. 2013: 337) Holotype: pl. 63: fig. 1 in Hindák 1977: material of the strain SAG 35.88 cryopreserved at the SAG Culture Collection Gottingen, Germany (designated in Bochner et al. 2013: 337). (epitype) fish pond; (Bock & al. 2013: 339) Notes: fish pond at Petrová Ves; various other locs. in western Slovakia (INA).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 26 November 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 November 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 January 2025

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