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Name: Crustophycus Vologdin 1962

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Crus.to.phy’cus. L. fem. n. crusta, crust; Gr. neut. n. phŷkos, a seaweed; N.L. masc. n. Crustophycus, a crust-forming alga (botanical tradition treats gender of phycus as masculine)

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Crustophyc-), krus-to-PHY-kus

Type species: Crustophycus angaricus Vologdin 1962

Valid publication: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

  • Notes:
    • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Crustophycaceae Vologdin 1962. Publication: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Crusiophycus"; "Cruslophycus"; "Crustopfiycus"; "Crustopliycus".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

Parent taxon: Crustophycaceae Vologdin 1962

Assigned by: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.

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Record number: 47004