Dictyosphaerium tetrachotomum Printz 1914
Current name:
Hindakia tetrachotoma (Printz) C.Bock, Pröschold & Krienitz
Teal Lake, Washington, USA; Lugols, 1000x, PC - 30 April 2011. Karl Bruun
Publication Details
Dictyosphaerium tetrachotomum Printz 1914: 24, pl. I [1]: figs 5, 6
Published in: Printz, H. (1914). Kristianiatraktens Protococcoideer. Skrifter Utgit av Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania, Matematisk-Naturvidenskabelig Klasse 1913(6): 1-121, pls I-VII.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyosphaerium is Dictyosphaerium ehrenbergianum Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hindakia tetrachotoma (Printz) C.Bock, Pröschold & Krienitz.
Type Information
Type locality: S. Norway; (Index Nominum Algarum) Holotype: Fig. 5 in pl. I in Printz 1914: (Bock et al. 2010: 270) Notes: Epitype: Material from the epitype strain CCAP 222/80 was cryopreserved at the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa, Oban, Scotland.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 November 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 November 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024