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)
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