Tetraselmis convolutae (Parke & Manton) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara 1980
Current name:
Tetraselmis convolutae (Parke & Manton) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara
in the flatworm Symsagittifera roscoffensis; Marra Pool, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon, UK - 02 April 2022. David Fenwick
Publication Details
Tetraselmis convolutae (Parke & Manton) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara 1980: 336
Published in: Norris, R.E., Hori, T. & Chihara, M. (1980). Revision of the genus Tetraselmis (Class Prasinophyceae). Botanical Magazine, Tokyo 93: 317-339.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Tetraselmis is Tetraselmis cordiformis (H.J.Carter) F.Stein.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Platymonas convolutae Parke & Manton
Type Information
Type locality: "Type strain of symbiont (Provasoli Ca 2 = Plymouth no. 372) isolated by Dr L. Provasoli from a worm collected at Roscoffin 1958." [Roscoff, Brittany, France]; (Parke & Manton 1967: 461)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 April 2022
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Nomenclatural note
Arora et al. (2013; table 1) incorrectly cite the authority as (Parke & Manton) Butcher; geographical distribution: Europe and Japan. - (11 June 2013) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Tetraselmis convolutae occurs in a photosymbiotic marine acoel flatworm, Symsagittifera roscoffensis (formerly Convoluta roscoffensis); together they form a composite photosymbiotic unit, and lack of the algal partner invariably results in acoel mortality, emphasizing the mandatory nature of the photosymbiotic algae for the animal's survival (Bailly et al. 2015). Parke & Manton (1967) also report finding free-living cells. - (14 February 2015) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 June 2025
