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Genus Nanococcus
Etymology: Na.no.coc’cus. N.L. masc. n. Nanococcus, After the small size and coccoid shape of the cells.
Gender: masculine (stem: Nanococc-)
Type species: Nanococcus vulgaris Oehler 1977
Valid publication:
Oehler JH. Microflora of the H.Y.C. Pyritic Shale Member of the Barney Creek Formation (McArthur Group), middle Proterozoic of northern Australia. Alcheringa 1977; 1:315-349. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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 Nanococcus vulgaris Oehler 1977 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863
Assigned by:
Oehler DZ. [Title pending]. Alcheringa 1978; 2:288.
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Record number: 44468
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