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Genus "Trichodesmium"
Name: "Trichodesmium" Ehrenberg 1830
Etymology: Tri.cho.des’mi.um. Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; Gr. masc. n. desmos, bundle; N.L. neut. n. Trichodesmium, a bundle of hair
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Trichodesmi-), tri-kho-DES-mi-um
Original publication:
Ehrenberg CG. Neue Beobachtungen über blutartige Erscheinungen in Aegypten, Arabien und Sibirien, nebst einer Uebersicht und Kritik der früher bekannten. Annalen der Physik und Chemie 1830; 94:477-514. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Haliarachne Lemmermann 1899 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Pelagothrix Schmidt 1902 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Trichadesmium"; "Trichodbsmium"; "Trichodcsmium"; "Trichodeeaium"; "Trichodesimum"; "Trichodesmiura"; "Trichodesrnium"; "Trickadesmium"; "Trickodesmium"; "Tricliodesmium".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: B: 1.
- 🧍 See also Ehrenberg (1838). Publication: Ehrenberg CG. Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. Verlag von Leopold Voss, Leipzig, 1838.
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: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Trichodesmium aureum" Hynes et al. 2012 not validly published preferred name "Trichodesmium erythraeum" Ehrenberg 1830 not validly published synonym "Trichodesmium radians" (Wille ex Kirchner 1898) Golubić 1978 not validly published synonym "Trichodesmium spiralis" Dyhrman et al. 2006 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013
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. —
Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51. 
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Record number: 54337
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