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Genus Vesicophycus
Name: Vesicophycus Mandal and Maithy 1984
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Vesicophycus, With reference to nature of vesicle and possible algal affinity. (botanical tradition treats gender of phycus as masculine)
Gender: masculine (stem: Vesicophyc-)
Type species: Vesicophycus problematicus Mandal and Maithy 1984
Valid publication:
Mandal J, Maithy PK, Barman G, Verma KK. Microbiota from the Kushalgarh Formation, Delhi Supergroup, India. Journal of Palaeosciences 1984; 32:1-19. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Veslcophycus".
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Mandal and Maithy) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Mandal et al.).
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Vesicophycus problematicus Mandal and Maithy 1984 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: [Cyanophyceae, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 41535
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