Tetraselmis cordiformis (H.J.Carter) F.Stein 1878

Current name:
Tetraselmis cordiformis (H.J.Carter) F.Stein
Nevada, USA: 1000x, DIC - 21 August 2013. Karl Bruun
Publication Details
Tetraselmis cordiformis (H.J.Carter) F.Stein 1878: 143, pl. XVI [16]: figs 1-3
Published in: Stein, F. von (1878). Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere nach eigenen forschungen in systematischere Reihenfolge bearbeitet. III. Abtheilung. Die Naturgeschichte der Flagellaten oder Geisselinfusorien. I. Hälfte, Den noch nicht abgeschlossenen allgemeinen Theil nebst erklärung: Der sämmtlichen Abbildungen enthaltend. pp. i-x, 1-154, pls I-XXIV. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Tetraselmis.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Cryptoglena cordiformis H.J.Carter
Type Information
Type locality: India: shallow pool, Island of Bombay; (INA 1996) Notes: Described from water tanks in Bombay (Moestrup in John et al. 2002).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 February 2025
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Habitat note
Widely distributed throughout the world in many types of freshwater (Moestrup in John et al. 2002). Cosmopolitan; brackish and fresh water (Arora et al. 2013). - (11 June 2013) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 February 2025