Tetrastrum punctatum (Schmidle) Ahlstrom & Tiffany 1934
Publication Details
Tetrastrum punctatum (Schmidle) Ahlstrom & Tiffany 1934: 504
Published in: Ahlstrom, E.H. & Tiffany, L.H. (1934). The algal genus Tetrastrum. American Journal of Botany 21: 499-507.
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 punctata (Schmidle) C.Bock & Krienitz.
Basionym
Staurogenia multiseta var. punctata Schmidle
Type Information
Type locality: Plankton aus dem Altrhein von Roxheim; (Index Nominum Algarum) 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 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 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 25 April 2024
