WoRMS taxon details
Tetraselmis F.Stein, 1878
Platymonas G.S.West, 1916 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Tetraselmis alacris Butcher, 1959
- Species Tetraselmis apiculata (Butcher) Butcher, 1959
- Species Tetraselmis ascus (Proskauer) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
- Species Tetraselmis astigmatica R.E.Norris & Hori, 1982
- Species Tetraselmis bilobata (Roukhiyajnen) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
- Species Tetraselmis bolosiana (Margalef) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
- Species Tetraselmis carteriiformis Butcher, 1959
- Species Tetraselmis chui Butcher, 1959
- 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 desikacharyi B.Marin, Hoef-Emden & Melkonian, 1996
- Species Tetraselmis elliptica (G.M.Smith) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara
- Species Tetraselmis fontiana (Margalef) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
- Species Tetraselmis gracilis (Kylin) Butcher, 1959
- Species Tetraselmis guangdongensis Zhang & Hu, 2002
- Species Tetraselmis hazenii Butcher, 1959
- Species Tetraselmis helgolandica (Kylin) Butcher, 1959
- Species Tetraselmis impellucida (McLachlan & Parke) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
- Species Tetraselmis inconspicua Butcher, 1959
- Species Tetraselmis indica Arora & Anil, 2013
- Species Tetraselmis levis Butcher, 1959
- Species Tetraselmis maculata Butcher, 1959
- Species Tetraselmis marina (Cienkowski) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
- Species Tetraselmis mediterranea (Lucksch) 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 tetrabrachia
- Species Tetraselmis tetrathele (West) Butcher, 1959
- Species Tetraselmis verrucosa Butcher, 1959
- Species Tetraselmis viridis (Rouchijajnen) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara, 1980
- Species Tetraselmis wettsteinii (J.Schiller) Throndsen, 1988
- Species Tetraselmis rubens Butcher, 1959 accepted as Tetraselmis verrucosa f. rubens (Butcher) Hori, Norris & Chihara, 1983
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6585
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6585 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). 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: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134526 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
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]
Other
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
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6585 [details]From regional or thematic species database
Harmful effect Non-toxigenic marine microalgal species associated with animal kills or health impairment. [details]Unreviewed
Authority S. F. N. Stein, 1878 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | プラチモナス属 [from synonym]テトラセルミス属 | [details] |
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
(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
