Tetradesmus is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae.[1] Species of Tetradesmus are found in a variety of habitats, including fresh water and biological soil crusts in deserts.[2]
| Tetradesmus | |
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| Tetradesmus wisconsinensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Scenedesmaceae |
| Genus: | Tetradesmus G.M.Smith |
| Species | |
Taxonomy edit
The genus Tetradesmus was described by Gilbert Morgan Smith, containing the single species Tetradesmus wisconsinensis. It was not universally accepted; Robert Hippolyte Chodat synonymized the genus into Scenedesmus, while George Stephen West accepted the genus as separate from Scenedesmus.[3]
In the 2000s, molecular data revealed found that Scenedesmus was polyphyletic. Scenedesmus was subsequently split up into several genera, corresponding to the former subgenera Scenedesmus, Desmodesmus, and Acutodesmus.[3] As Tetradesmus species are phylogenetically closely related to species once placed in Scenedesmus subgenus Acutodesmus, the genus Acutodesmus was raised to genus rank and Tetradesmus was placed as a synonym of Acutodesmus.[4] However, since the name Tetradesmus was published before the genus combination Acutodesmus was made, this meant that the name Tetradesmus had priority Therefore, species in Acutodesmus were renamed to Tetradesmus.[5]
References edit
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Tetradesmus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Terlova, Elizaveta F.; Lewis, Louise A. (2019). "A new species of Tetradesmus (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) isolated from desert soil crust habitats in southwestern North America". Plant and Fungal Systematics. 64: 25–32. doi:10.2478/pfs-2019-0004. S2CID 198490845.
- ^ a b Turiel, Sara; Garrido-Cardenas, Jose Antonio; Gómez-Serrano, Cintia; Acién, Francisco Gabriel; Carretero-Paulet, Lorenzo; Blanco, Saúl (2021). "A Polyphasic Characterisation of Tetradesmus almeriensis sp. nov. (Chlorophyta: Scenedesmaceae)". Processes. 9 (11): 2006. doi:10.3390/pr9112006. hdl:10835/13068.
- ^ Turiel, Sara; Garrido-Cardenas, Jose Antonio; Gómez-Serrano, Cintia; Acién, Francisco Gabriel; Carretero-Paulet, Lorenzo; Blanco, Saúl (2021). "A Polyphasic Characterisation of Tetradesmus almeriensis sp. nov. (Chlorophyta: Scenedesmaceae)". Processes. 9 (11): 2006. doi:10.3390/pr9112006. hdl:10835/13068.
- ^ Wynne, Michael J.; Hallan, Joel K. (2015). "Reinstatement of Tetradesmus G. M. Smith (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyta)". Feddes Repertorium. 126 (3–4): 83–86. doi:10.1002/fedr.201500021.
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