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Name: "Symphyosiphon" Kützing 1843

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Sym.phy.o.si’phon. Gr. neut. adj. symphyes, grown together, attached; Gr. masc. n. siphôn, tube; N.L. masc. n. Symphyosiphon, tube grown together

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Symphyosiphon-), sym-phy-o-SI-phon

Type species: "Symphyosiphon dentatus" Kützing 1843

Original publication: Kützing FT. Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1843.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Symphyosiphon Kützing ex Frank 1886

  • Notes:
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Symphyosiphonis".
    • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably mixture of filamentous cyanophytes. — 🧍 Komarek and Golubic (1990) emphasize that this name is a pre-starting-point synonym. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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Record number: 18040