Name: Ovoidophycus Vologdin 1962

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: O.vo.i.do.phy’cus. L. neut. n. ovum, egg; Gr. neut. n. phŷkos, seaweed; N.L. masc. n. Ovoidophycus, an ovoid alga (botanical tradition treats gender of phycus as masculine)

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Ovoidophyc-), o-wo-i-do-P^HY-kus

Type species: Ovoidophycus curvulus Vologdin 1962

Valid publication: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Oooidophycus"; "Ovoidiphycus"; "Ovoidopliycus".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ovoidophycus curvulus Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Ovoidophycus titorenkoae corrig. Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Ovoidophycus titorenkoe Vologdin 1962	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling

Parent taxon: Tumidophytaceae Vologdin 1962

Assigned by: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.

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Record number: 47040