Gonium sociale (Dujardin) Warming 1876

Current name: Tetrabaena socialis (Dujardin) H.Nozaki & M.Itoh
Top view of colony. Pond at Pitsford Water, Northamptonshire UK - 07 January 2019. C.F.Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com

Publication Details
Gonium sociale (Dujardin) Warming 1876: 82

Published in: Warming, E. (1876). Om en fircellet Gonium (Dujardin's Tetramonas socialis?). Botanisk Tidsskrift, series 3 1: 69-83.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gonium is Gonium pectorale O.F.Müller.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tetrabaena socialis (Dujardin) H.Nozaki & M.Itoh.

Source of Synonymy
Nozaki, H. & Ito, M. [as 'Itoh'] (1994). Phylogenetic relationships within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyta) inferred from cladistic analysis based on morphological data. Journal of Phycology 30(2): 353-365, 10 figs, 3 tables.

Basionym
Cryptomonas socialis Dujardin

Type Information
Type locality: France: Paris: jardin du Roi; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 16 March 2020

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025