Tetraspora gelatinosa is a species of green algae.[1] It is a cosmopolitan species found in freshwater.
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
| Family: | Tetrasporaceae |
| Genus: | Tetraspora |
| Species: | T. gelatinosa
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| Tetraspora gelatinosa (Vaucher) Desvaux
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Taxonomy
editT. gelatinosa was first described by Swiss botanist Jean Pierre Étienne Vaucher in 1803 as Ulva gelatinosa. It was changed to the genus Tetraspora in 1818 by French botanist Nicaise Auguste Desvaux. T. gelatinosa is the type species (lectotpye) of the genus.[1]
T. gelatinosa also has two heterotypic synonyms: Tetraspora ulvacea Kützing 1843 and Tetraspora explanata C.Agardh 1827.
Distribution
editT. gelatinosa is a cosmopolitan species and it has been reported on all continents, except Antarctica.[1] It is the most commonly reported Tetraspora species in the British Isles.[2]: 303 As of 2024, it has only been reported in Nigeria in the African continent. It has also been reported in southern parts of Australia[3] and New Zealand. It is found in eastern North America, both in Canada and the United States.[1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Tetraspora gelatinosa (Vaucher) Desvaux :: AlgaeBase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ John, David M.; Whitton, Brian A.; Brook, Alan J.; England), Natural History Museum (London; Society, British Phycological (2002-04-25). The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles: An Identification Guide to Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-77051-4.
- ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Tetraspora gelatinosa". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ Gier, L. J.; Johnson, Martha (1954). "Algae of Missouri". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 57 (1): 78–80. doi:10.2307/3625646. ISSN 0022-8443. JSTOR 3625646.