Species Anabaena gerdii

Name: Anabaena gerdii Carpenter and Janson 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ger’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. gerdii, The species is named for Dr. Gerdi Weidner, State University of New York, Stony Brook, who aided in its discovery.

Pronunciation, gender: GER-di-i, feminine

Holotype: Figure 1

Valid publication: Carpenter EJ, Janson S. Anabaena gerdii sp. nov., a new planktonic filamentous cyanobacterium from the South Pacific Ocean and Arabian Sea. Phycologia 2001; 40:105-110.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Carpenter EJ, Janson S. Anabaena gerdii sp. nov., a new planktonic filamentous cyanobacterium from the South Pacific Ocean and Arabian Sea. Phycologia 2001; 40:105-110.

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Record number: 37483
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