Species Anabaena compacta

Name: Anabaena compacta (Nygaard 1945) Hickel 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Anabaena spiroides f. compacta Nygaard 1945

Etymology: com.pac’ta. L. fem. part. adj. compacta, firm

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-na-BA͡E-na kom-PAK-ta, feminine

Valid publication: Hickel B. Observations on Anabaena compacta (Nygaard) nov. comb (Cyanophyta) with helical, planktonic filaments and macroscopic aggregates. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement Volumes 1985; 38-39:269-270.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Dolichospermum compactum (Nygaard 1945) Wacklin et al. 2009

Parent taxon: Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Hickel B. Observations on Anabaena compacta (Nygaard) nov. comb (Cyanophyta) with helical, planktonic filaments and macroscopic aggregates. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement Volumes 1985; 38-39:269-270.

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Record number: 17269

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