Species Anabaena helicoidea

Name: Anabaena helicoidea Bernard 1908

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: he.li.co.i’de.a. Gr. fem. n. helix, a coil, spiral; N.L. fem. adj. helicoidea, spiral shaped

Gender: feminine

Holotype: Figure 24,25,26

Valid publication: Bernard C. Protococcacées et desmidiées d'eau douce, récoltées à Java. Landsdrukkerij, Batavia, 1908.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Dolichospermum helicoideum (Bernard 1908) Wacklin et al. 2009

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Dolichospermum helicoideum (Bernard 1908) Wacklin et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Anabaena helicoidea 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 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Bernard C. Protococcacées et desmidiées d'eau douce, récoltées à Java. Landsdrukkerij, Batavia, 1908.

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Record number: 17004

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