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Genus "Merizomyria"

Classification: 

Bacteria Bacillati Cyanobacteriota Chroococcophyceae [Chroococcophyceae, no order] [Chroococcophyceae, no family] "Merizomyria"

Name: "Merizomyria" Pollini 1817

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.ri.zo.my’ri.a. Gr. fem. adj. myria; N.L. fem. n. Merizomyria

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Merizomyri-), me-ri-zo-MY-ri-a

Original publication: Pollini C. Sulle alghe viventi nelli terme euganee. Biblioteca Italiana O Sia Giornale Di Letteratura Scienze Ed Arti compilato da vari letterati. Part1 II. Scienze Ed Arti Meccaniche 1817; 7:414-432.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

  • Notes:
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Merieomyria"; "Merizoiuyria"; "Merizomjria"; "Merizomyda"; "Merizomyrla".
    • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but unclear, probably a mixture of filamentous cyanophytes; maybe Stigonema. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

Parent taxon: [Chroococcophyceae, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 17837

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