World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

ERMS taxon details

Tetraselmis F.Stein, 1878

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Chlorodendraceae Oltmanns, 1904

Synonymised names

Platymonas G.S.West, 1916 · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (12)

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Species Tetraselmis contracta (N.Carter) Butcher, 1959
Species Tetraselmis convolutae (Parke & Manton) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
Species Tetraselmis cordiformis (H.J.Carter) F.Stein, 1878
Species Tetraselmis gracilis (Kylin) Butcher, 1959
Species Tetraselmis marina (Cienkowski) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
Species Tetraselmis micropapillata (Ålvik) Butcher, 1959
Species Tetraselmis striata Butcher, 1959
Species Tetraselmis subcordiformis (Wille) Butcher, 1959
Species Tetraselmis suecica (Kylin) Butcher, 1959
Species Tetraselmis tetrathele (West) Butcher, 1959
Species Tetraselmis verrucosa Butcher, 1959
Species Tetraselmis rubens Butcher, 1959 accepted as Tetraselmis verrucosa f. rubens (Butcher) Hori, Norris & Chihara, 1983

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2021). 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: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134526 on 2025-05-05

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Tetraselmis F.Stein, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134526 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2010-08-12 12:41:00Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2012-07-04 13:40:04Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

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]

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

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Published in AlgaeBase

(from synonym Platymonas G.S.West, 1916)
Published in 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