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Name derivation:
"Four-pointed cell" (tetra- four, -edron seat, dwelling)
Classification:
Tetraedron Kützing 1845; 43 of 123 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013). Order Sphaeropleales; Family Hydrodictyaceae
Morphology:
Unicell with an irregular outline, and four or five principal "points" on the corners
Similar genera:
Pseudotetraedron Pascher 1912 is not separated from Tetraedron in PhycoKey.
Habitat:
Freshwater habitats
References:
Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 October 2012. Kützing, F.T. (1845). Phycologia germanica, d. i. Deutschlands Algen in bündigen Beschreibungen. Nebst einer Anleitung zum Untersuchen und Bestimmen dieser Gewächse für Anfänger. pp. i-x, 1-340. Nordhausen: W. Köhne.