Tetraplektron contortum (Bourrelly) Bourrelly, nom. inval. 1968

Publication Details
Tetraplektron contortum (Bourrelly) Bourrelly, nom. inval. 1968: 186

Published in: Bourrelly, P. (1968). Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome II: Les Algues jaunes et brunes Chrysophycées, Phéophycés, Xanthophycées et Diatomées. pp. [1-11] 12-399, Annex [400-406] 407-517, 114 pls. Paris: Société Nouvelle des Éditions Boubée.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Tetraplektron is Tetraplektron tribulus (Pascher) Lobelich, III.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudogoniochloris tripus (Pascher) Krienitz, E.Hegewald, Reymond & Peschke.

Basionym
Pseudostaurastrum contortum Bourrelly

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), contorted, literally, ‘powerful, vehement, involved’. (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 28 June 2016 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 18 December 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 December 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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