Name: Sphaeronema Umezaki 1961

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sphae.ro.ne’ma. Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere, globe; Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Sphaeronema, a thread-forming sphere

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Sphaeronemat-), spha͡e-ro-NE-ma

Type species: Sphaeronema lithophilum corrig. (Ercegović 1932) Umezaki 1961

Valid publication: Umezaki I. The marine blue-green algae of Japan. Memoris of the College of Agriculture Kyoto University 1961; 83:1-149.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Yonedaella Umezaki 1962

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Assigned by: Umezaki I. The marine blue-green algae of Japan. Memoris of the College of Agriculture Kyoto University 1961; 83:1-149.

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Record number: 17876
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