''Carteria'' is a
genus
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of
green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alga as ...
in the family
Chlamydomonadaceae. ''Carteria'' are distinguished from ''Chlamydomonas'' by having four, rather than two, flagella at the vegetative stage.
The genus name of ''Carteria'' is in honour of
Henry John Carter, (1813–1895), who was a surgeon working in Bombay, India, who carried out work in geology,
paleontology
Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...
, and
zoology
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.
The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
by
Karl Moritz Diesing
Karl (Carl) Moriz (Moritz) Diesing (16 June 1800, in Krakow – 10 January 1867, in Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist and zoologist, specializing in the study of helminthology.
He studied medicine at the University of Vienna, earning his doct ...
in Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Math.-Nat. Cl., Abt.
Vol.1 Issue 52 on page 356 in 1866.
References
External links
Chlamydomonadales genera
Chlamydomonadaceae
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