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Genus Micraloa
Name: Micraloa Biasoletto 1832
Etymology: Micr.a.lo’a. N.L. fem. n. Micraloa
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Micralo-), mikr-a-LO-a
Type species: Micraloa protogenita Biasoletto 1832
Valid publication: Biasoletto DB. Alg. microsc. Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1832.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Correct name: Microcystis Kützing 1833
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Microcystis Kützing 1833 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name Clathrocystis Henfrey 1856 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name Polycystis Kützing 1849 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name Diplocystis Trevisan 1848 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name
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Notes:
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Microcystis Kützing 1833. Publication: Rabenhorst L. Flora Europaeum Algarum Aquae Dulcis et Submarinae. Sectio II. Algas Phychochromaceas Complectens. Apud Eduardum Kummerum, Leipzig, 1865.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Illicraloa"; "Macraloa"; "Micralaa"; "Micruloa"; "Mieraloa".
- ❗ Micraloa is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NIES: 1.
- 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but unclear, according to Drouet and Daily (1956) phytoflagellates. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MCLO" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.
Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 16
Total number of child taxa: 16
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Micraloa aeruginosa corrig. Kützing 1833 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Micraloa aurantiaca (Kützing 1846) Trevisan 1848 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Micraloa botryoides (Kützing 1846) Trevisan 1848 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Micraloa elabens Brébisson ex Meneghini 1842 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Micraloa firma (Kützing 1846) Trevisan 1848 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name synonym Micraloa firma Kützing 1846 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Micraloa glomerata (Agardh 1827) Meneghini 1842 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Micraloa ictyolabe (Kunze 1823) Brébisson 1842 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Micraloa olivacea Kützing 1833 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Micraloa pallida (Kützing 1846) Trevisan 1848 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Micraloa pini (Kützing 1846) Trevisan 1848 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Micraloa piniturionum Biasoletto 1832 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Micraloa protogenita Biasoletto 1832 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Micraloa rosea Kützing 1833 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Micraloa rupestris (Lyngbye 1819) Trevisan 1848 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Micraloa teres Flotow 1844 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Assigned by: Umezaki I, Watanabe M. Enumeration of the Cyanophyta (blue-green algae) of Japan 1. Chroococcales and Oscillatoriales. Japanese Journal of Phycology 1994; 42:175-219.
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Record number: 17915
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