Tetracystis aplanospora (Arce & H.C.Bold) R.M.Brown & H.C.Bold 1964

Publication Details
Tetracystis aplanospora (Arce & H.C.Bold) R.M.Brown & H.C.Bold 1964: 26, figs 65-72

Published in: Brown, R.M., Jr., & Bold, H.C. (1964). Comparative studies of the algal genera Tetracystis and Chlorococcum. University of Texas Publication 6417: 1-213.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Tetracystis is Tetracystis aeria R.M.Brown & H.C.Bold.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spongiococcum aplanosporum (Arce & H.C.Bold) Shin Watanabe & L.A.Lewis.

Source of Synonymy
Watanabe, S. & Lewis, L.A. (2017). Phylogenetic interpretation of light and electron microscopic features of selected members of the phylogroup Moewusinia (Chlorophyceae), with new generic taxonomy. Phycologia 56(3): 329-353, 77 fig., 2 tables.

Basionym
Chlorococcum aplanosporum Arce & H.C.Bold

Type Information
Type locality: Cuba: Havana: Santiago de las Vegas (collector G. Arce 64); (INA 1996) Holotype: figs 16-23 (Arce & Bold, 1958): (Watanabe & Lewis 2017: 342) Notes: culture strain UTEX 773 (=SAG 91.80).

Created: 22 April 2003 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 September 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 June 2025