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Species Anabaena antarctica

Name: Anabaena antarctica Fritsch 1912

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern, Antarctic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-na-BA͡E-na ant-ARK-ti-ka, feminine

Holotype: BM (slide no. 1924) (fide Drouet, Beih. Nova Hedwigia 57: 168. 1978)

Valid publication: Fritsch FE. Freshwater algae. In: Anonymous NN (eds), National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904 Natural History. Vol. VI. Zoology and Botany [Part 3], Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1912, p. 1-66.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Trichormus antarcticus (Fritsch 1912) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1989

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Anabaena antarctica is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Anabaena.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Fritsch FE. Freshwater algae. In: Anonymous NN (eds), National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904 Natural History. Vol. VI. Zoology and Botany [Part 3], Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1912, p. 1-66.

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Record number: 16972