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Tetraselmis F.Stein, 1878

134526  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134526)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Chlorophyta (Phylum (Division))
  5. Chlorophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  6. Chlorodendrophyceae (Class)
  7. Chlorodendrales (Order)
  8. Chlorodendraceae (Family)
  9. Tetraselmis (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Platymonas G.S.West, 1916 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Tetraselmis alacris Butcher, 1959
  2. Species Tetraselmis apiculata (Butcher) Butcher, 1959
  3. Species Tetraselmis ascus (Proskauer) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
  4. Species Tetraselmis astigmatica R.E.Norris & Hori, 1982
  5. Species Tetraselmis bilobata (Roukhiyajnen) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
  6. Species Tetraselmis bolosiana (Margalef) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
  7. Species Tetraselmis carteriiformis Butcher, 1959
  8. Species Tetraselmis chui Butcher, 1959
  9. Species Tetraselmis contracta (N.Carter) Butcher, 1959
  10. Species Tetraselmis convolutae (Parke & Manton) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
  11. Species Tetraselmis cordiformis (H.J.Carter) F.Stein, 1878
  12. Species Tetraselmis desikacharyi B.Marin, Hoef-Emden & Melkonian, 1996
  13. Species Tetraselmis elliptica (G.M.Smith) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara
  14. Species Tetraselmis fontiana (Margalef) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
  15. Species Tetraselmis gracilis (Kylin) Butcher, 1959
  16. Species Tetraselmis guangdongensis Zhang & Hu, 2002
  17. Species Tetraselmis hazenii Butcher, 1959
  18. Species Tetraselmis helgolandica (Kylin) Butcher, 1959
  19. Species Tetraselmis impellucida (McLachlan & Parke) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
  20. Species Tetraselmis inconspicua Butcher, 1959
  21. Species Tetraselmis indica Arora & Anil, 2013
  22. Species Tetraselmis levis Butcher, 1959
  23. Species Tetraselmis maculata Butcher, 1959
  24. Species Tetraselmis marina (Cienkowski) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
  25. Species Tetraselmis mediterranea (Lucksch) R.E. Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
  26. Species Tetraselmis micropapillata (Ålvik) Butcher, 1959
  27. Species Tetraselmis striata Butcher, 1959
  28. Species Tetraselmis subcordiformis (Wille) Butcher, 1959
  29. Species Tetraselmis suecica (Kylin) Butcher, 1959
  30. Species Tetraselmis tetrabrachia
  31. Species Tetraselmis tetrathele (West) Butcher, 1959
  32. Species Tetraselmis verrucosa Butcher, 1959
  33. Species Tetraselmis viridis (Rouchijajnen) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
  34. Species Tetraselmis wettsteinii (J.Schiller) Throndsen, 1988
  35. Species Tetraselmis rubens Butcher, 1959 accepted as Tetraselmis verrucosa f. rubens (Butcher) Hori, Norris & Chihara, 1983
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6585  
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6585 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Tetraselmis F.Stein, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134526 on 2025-05-02
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
db_admin
2010-08-12 12:41:00Z
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Guiry, Michael D.
2012-07-04 13:40:04Z
changed
Guiry, Michael D.

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Nomenclature

basis of record Hansson, H. G. (1991-1997). South Scandinavian Marine Protoctista. , available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/neat_pdf/NEAT*Protista.pdf [details] 

Other

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6585 [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Harmful effect Non-toxigenic marine microalgal species associated with animal kills or health impairment. [details]

Unreviewed
Authority S. F. N. Stein, 1878 [details]
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LanguageName 
Japanese プラチモナス属 [from synonym]テトラセルミス属  [details]
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Platymonas G.S.West, 1916)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Platymonas G.S.West, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Platymonas) (from synonym Platymonas G.S.West, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetraselmis) 
To Genbank (from synonym Platymonas G.S.West, 1916)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
To ITIS
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