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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Leptolyngbyopsis

Name: Leptolyngbyopsis Hentschke et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lep.to.lyng.by.op’sis. Gr. fem. n. opsis, meaning resembling; N.L. fem. n. Leptolyngbyopsis, resembling Leptolyngbya, due to the identical morphology of these genera

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Leptolyngbyopsid-), lep-to-lyn͡g-by-OP-sis

Type species: Leptolyngbyopsis coimbrensis Hentschke et al. 2024

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hentschke GS, Morais J, de Oliveira FL, Silva R, Cruz P, Vasconcelos V. Taxonomic updates in the family Leptolyngbyaceae (Leptolyngbyales, Cyanobacteria): the description of Pseudoleptolyngbya gen. nov, Leptolyngbyopsis gen. nov., and the replacement of Arthronema. European Journal of Phycology 2024; 0:1-14. 🇧🇷

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: 1

Parent taxon: Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Hentschke GS, Morais J, de Oliveira FL, Silva R, Cruz P, Vasconcelos V. Taxonomic updates in the family Leptolyngbyaceae (Leptolyngbyales, Cyanobacteria): the description of Pseudoleptolyngbya gen. nov, Leptolyngbyopsis gen. nov., and the replacement of Arthronema. European Journal of Phycology 2024; 0:1-14. 🇧🇷

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Record number: 55312
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