Chlorotetraedron
Chlorotetraedron is a genus of green algae, in the family Neochloridaceae. The name may also be written as Chlorotetraëdon. It is found as freshwater plankton or in soil.
| Chlorotetraedron | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Neochloridaceae |
| Genus: | Chlorotetraedron F. J. MacEntee, H. C. Bold et P. A. Archibald, 1978 |
| Type species | |
| Chlorotetraedron polymorphum | |
| Species | |
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The genus was first described under the name of Pseudotetraedron by Frank J. MacEntee in 1977; however, that name was taken by a genus of algae in the Xanthophyceae (the yellow-green algae). Therefore, the genus was renamed to Chlorotetraedron. Currently, three species are known.
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