Tessellaria volvocina (Playfair) Playfair, nom. illeg. 1918

Publication Details
Tessellaria volvocina (Playfair) Playfair, nom. illeg. 1918: 508-509, pl. lvi, fig. 4

Published in: Playfair, G.I. (1918). New and rare freshwater algae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43: 497-543, pls LIV-LVII.

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Publication date: 18 Dec. 1918 [INA]

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

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Neotessella volvocina (Playfair) B.Y.Jo, J.I.Kim, W.Shin, P.Skaloud & P.Siver.

Source of Synonymy
Jo, B.Y., Kim, J.I., Škaloud, P., Siver, P.A. & Shin, W. (2016). Multigene phylogeny of Synura (Synurophyceae) and descriptions of four new species based on morphological and DNA evidence. European Journal of Phycology 51(4): 413-430, 25 fig., 3 tables.

Basionym
Tessella volvocina Playfair

Type Information
Type locality: Australia: New South Wales; (INA 1996) Type: Lismore 260; Nat. Herb.Sydney; (INA 1996) Notes: Type: Playfair 1915, Pl. xlv, Figs 6-7 (iconotype); Lagoons at Pott's Hill near Auburn, Australia (Jo et al., 2016: 424).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 20 December 2016

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: genus name illegitimate. - (22 August 2016) - M.D. Guiry

Distributional note
Known only from Australia. - (22 October 2007) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 December 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 June 2025

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