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Genus "Mazaea"
Name: "Mazaea" Bornet and Grunow 1881
Etymology: Ma.zae’a. N.L. fem. n. Mazaea, named in honor of M. Mazé
Gender: feminine (stem: Mazae-)
Type species: "Mazaea rivularioides" Bornet and Grunow 1881
Original publication: É. B, Grunow A. Mazaea, nouveau Genre d'algue de L'ordre des cryptophees. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 1881; 33:287-290.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family "Nostochopsidaceae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🧍 Komarek and Golubic (1990) emphasize that this name is a pre-starting-point synonym. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Mazaea rivularioides" Bornet and Grunow 1881 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 
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Record number: 17923
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