Species Anacystis gigas

Name: Anacystis gigas (West and West 1894) Gardner 1927

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Gloeocapsa gigas West and West 1894

Etymology: gi’gas. Gr. masc. n. gigas, nominative in apposition

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … GI-gas, feminine

Valid publication: Gardner NL. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 1927; 7:1-144.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gloeocapsa gigas West and West 1894

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Gloeocapsa gigas West and West 1894	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Anacystis gigas 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 Anacystis.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-09-23.

Parent taxon: Anacystis Meneghini 1837

Assigned by: Gardner NL. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 1927; 7:1-144.

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Record number: 52695

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