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Genus Mastigocoleopsis
Name: Mastigocoleopsis Geitler 1925
Etymology: Mas.ti.go.co.le.op’sis. N.L. masc. n. Mastigocoleus, name of a cyanobacterial genus; Gr. fem. n. opsis, aspect, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Mastigocoleopsis, that which appears similar to Mastigocoleus
Gender: feminine (stem: Mastigocoleopsid-)
Type species: Mastigocoleopsis obtusa Geitler 1925
Valid publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family "Nostochopsidaceae". Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
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 Mastigocoleopsis obtusa Geitler 1925 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916
Assigned by:
Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51. 
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Record number: 6494
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