Desmotetra antarctica

Desmotetra antarctica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chlamydomonadales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Chlorophyta Subphylum: Chlorophytina Classis: Chlorophyceae Ordo: Chlamydomonadales

Familia: Chlorosarcinaceae
Genus: Desmotetra
Species: Desmotetra antarctica

Name

Desmotetra antarctica (F.E.Fritsch) H.U.Ling, 2001: 165, 168, figs 38-78

• Type locality: South Orkney Islands: Scotia Bay.
• Type: H.N. Rudmose Brown; in yellow snow.

Synonyms

• Basionym
• Trochiscia antarctica F.E.Fritsch, 1912: 316, 325, pl. 10: fig. 30

References

Primary references

• Ling, H.U. 2001. Snow algae of the Windmill Islands, continental Antarctica: Desmotetra aureospora, Sp. nov. and D. antarctica, comb. nov (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 37: 160–174. DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2001.037001160.x Reference page. 
• Fritsch, F.E. 1912. Freshwater algae collected in the South Orkneys by Mr. R. N. Rudmose Brown, B.Sc. of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–04. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Botany 40: 293–338. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2024. Desmotetra antarctica. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2024-02-09.

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