Name: Eosynechococcus Hofmann 1976

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: E.o.sy.ne.cho.coc’cus. Gr. fem. n. Êôs, dawn; N.L. masc. n. Synechococcus, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Eosynechococcus, an early Synechococcus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Eosynechococc-), e-o-sy-ne-kho-KOK-kus

Type species: Eosynechococcus moorei Hofmann 1976

Valid publication: Hofmann HJ. Precambrian Microflora, Belcher Islands, Canada: Significance and Systematics. Journal of Paleontology 1976; 50:1040-1073.

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: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: Hofmann HJ. Precambrian Microflora, Belcher Islands, Canada: Significance and Systematics. Journal of Paleontology 1976; 50:1040-1073.

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Record number: 38462
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