Carteria cordiformis (H.J.Carter) Diesing 1866

Current name: Tetraselmis cordiformis (H.J.Carter) F.Stein
Nevada, USA: 1000x, DIC - 21 August 2013. Karl Bruun

Publication Details
Carteria cordiformis (H.J.Carter) Diesing 1866: 356

Published in: Diesing, K.M. (1866). Revision der Prothelminthen. Abtheilung: Mastigophoren. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Abt. 1, Mineralogie, Botanik, Zoologie, Anatomie, Geologie und Paläontologie 52(8): 287-401.

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Publication date: 1866

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Carteria.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tetraselmis cordiformis (H.J.Carter) F.Stein.

Source of Synonymy
Stein, F. von (1878). Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere nach eigenen forschungen in systematischere Reihenfolge bearbeitet. III. Abtheilung. Die Naturgeschichte der Flagellaten oder Geisselinfusorien. I. Hälfte, Den noch nicht abgeschlossenen allgemeinen Theil nebst erklärung: Der sämmtlichen Abbildungen enthaltend. pp. i-x, 1-154, pls I-XXIV. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.

Basionym
Cryptoglena cordiformis H.J.Carter

Type Information
Type locality: India: shallow pool, Island of Bombay; (INA 1996) Notes: Described from water tanks in Bombay (Moestrup in John et al. 2002).

General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.

Created: 28 October 2005 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 February 2024

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 April 2025