Chlamydomonas maderaspatana Molinari & Guiry, 2021

Molinari-Novoa, Eduardo A., 2021, Nomenclatural notes on algae. V. New names for various algal taxa, mostly at the species rank, Notulae Algarum 184, pp. 1-17 : 3

Chlamydomonas maderaspatana Molinari & Guiry , nom. nov.

Replaced name: Chlamydomonas pseudostellata M.O.P.Iyengar (in Iyengar & Desikachary), Volvocales : 281, 484, 1981 (Chlorophyta, Chlamydomonadaceae ), nom. illeg., non Chlamydomonas pseudostellata Ettl (1976: 599) , Chlamydomonadaceae .

Notes: The species is renamed after the type locality, the city of Chennai , Tamil Nadu, India, formerly Madras and known as “ Maderaspatanum ” in botanical tradition (cf. Linnaeus 1743: 1012) .