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Genus Gomphosiphon
Name: Gomphosiphon Liu et al. 2016
Etymology: Gom.pho.si’phon. N.L. masc. n. Gomphosiphon, Gompho, meaning a bundle and siphon, meaning tubules.
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Gomphosiphon-), gom-pho-SI-phon
Type species: Gomphosiphon xinjiangensis Liu et al. 2016
Valid publication:
Liu L, Wu Y, Yang H, Riding R. Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: systematics and significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2016; 14:183-210. 
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Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Liu et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885.
Publication:
Liu L, Wu Y, Yang H, Riding R. Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: systematics and significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2016; 14:183-210. 🇨🇳
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🧕 Liu et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885.
Publication:
Liu L, Wu Y, Yang H, Riding R. Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: systematics and significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2016; 14:183-210.
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: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Gomphosiphon xinjiangensis Liu et al. 2016 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: [Chroococcophyceae, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 39652
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