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Species Anabaena minispora

Name: Anabaena minispora Watanabe 1998

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.ni’spo.ra. L. pref. mini-, small; from L. comp. masc./fem. adj. minor, smaller; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed; N.L. fem. adj. minispora, having small spores

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-na-BA͡E-na mi-NI-spo-ra, feminine

Holotype: Figure 11,12,28

Valid publication: Watanabe M. Studies on planktonic blue-green algae 8 Anabaena species with twisted trichome in Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series B 1998; 24:1-13.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Dolichospermum minisporum (Watanabe 1998) Tuji and Niiyama 2012

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Anabaena minispora 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: Watanabe M. Studies on planktonic blue-green algae 8 Anabaena species with twisted trichome in Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series B 1998; 24:1-13.

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Record number: 29456