Name: Tetrarcus Skuja 1934

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tetr.ar’cus. Gr. pref. tetra-, four (in compound words); L. masc. n. arcus, a bow (also as genitive); N.L. masc. n. Tetrarcus, a bow-like organism with four cells

Gender: masculine (stem: Tetrarc-)

Type species: Tetrarcus ilsteri Skuja 1934

Valid publication: Skuja H. Beitrag zur Algenflora Lettlands. I. Acta Horti Botanici Universitatis Latviensis 1934; 7:25-85.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: Skuja H. Beitrag zur Algenflora Lettlands. I. Acta Horti Botanici Universitatis Latviensis 1934; 7:25-85.

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Record number: 17865
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