Monoraphidium tatrae (Hindák) Hindák 1977

Publication Details
Monoraphidium tatrae (Hindák) Hindák 1977: 109

Published in: Hindák, F. (1977). Studies on the chlorococcal algae (Chlorophyceae). I. Biologicke Práce 23: 1-192.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Monoraphidium is Monoraphidium griffithii (Berkeley) Komárková-Legnerová.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Thorsmoerkia tatrae (Hindák) Barcyte.

Source of Synonymy
Barcyte, D., Hodac, L. & Eliás, M. (2024). Freshwater 'microcroissants' shed light on a novel higher-level clade within the Trebouxiophyceae and reveal the genus Chlorolobion to be a trebouxiophyte. European Journal of Phycology 59(4): 405–422.

Basionym
Chlorolobion tatrae Hindák

Type Information
Type locality: in shallow pools in area of mountain lakes ... Spisskych plies' in the valley Malá Studená Dolina in the high Tatra Mountains (ca. 2000 m), Slovakia CSSR; (INA 1996) Notes: Pät' Spisskych plies, Tatra Mountains, Slovakia (Barcyte & al., 2024).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 24 March 2017 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 December 2024

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Nomenclatural note
According to Barcyt et al. (2024: 416), this combination is unjustified, as the genus Monoraphidium has been firmly established as a member of Selenastraceae. - (13 December 2024) - G.M. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Luka Sato in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 December 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 July 2025