Name: Pseudogirvanella Dragastan 1985

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.gir.va.nel’la. Gr. neut. adj. pseudes, false; N.L. fem. n. Girvanella, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Pseudogirvanella, a false Girvanella

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Pseudogirvanell-), pse͡u-do-gir-wa-NEL-la

Type species: Pseudogirvanella cretacea Dragastan 1985

Valid publication: Dragastan O. Review of Tethyan Mesozoic Algae of Romania. In: Toomey DF, Nitecki MH (eds), Paleoalgology. Contemporary research and applications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 1985, p. 101-161.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Dragastan (1985) assigned this genus to the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Dragastan O. Review of Tethyan Mesozoic Algae of Romania. In: Toomey DF, Nitecki MH (eds), Paleoalgology. Contemporary research and applications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 1985, p. 101-161.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pseudogirvanel".

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pseudogirvanella cretacea Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Girvanellaceae Luchinina 1975

Assigned by: Vachard D. Cyanobacteria. In: Alderton D, Elias SA (eds), Encyclopedia of Geology, Academic Press, Unknown City, 2021, p. 446-460. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 41523