Name: Eoplectonema Liu 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: E.o.plec.to.ne’ma. Gr. fem. n. Êôs, dawn; N.L. neut. n. Plectonema, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Eoplectonema, an early Plectonema

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Eoplectonemat-), e-o-plek-to-NE-ma

Type species: Eoplectonema minimum corrig. Liu 1984

Valid publication: Liu XX, Liu ZL, Zhang L, Xu XS. A study of late precambrian microfossil algal community from suining county, Jiuangsu province [in Chinese]. Acta Micropalaeontol. Sin. 1984; 1:171-180.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886

Assigned by: Liu XX, Liu ZL, Zhang L, Xu XS. A study of late precambrian microfossil algal community from suining county, Jiuangsu province [in Chinese]. Acta Micropalaeontol. Sin. 1984; 1:171-180.

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Record number: 44150

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