Species Anacystis nidulans

Name: Anacystis nidulans Gardner 1927

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni’du.lans. L. fem. part. adj. nidulans, building a nest

Gender: 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: Asterocapsa nidulans (Gardner 1927) Komárek and Komárkova-Legnerová 2007

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Asterocapsa nidulans (Gardner 1927) Komárek and Komárkova-Legnerová 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Anacystis nidulans (Richter 1884) Drouet and Daily 1952.
- ❗ Anacystis nidulans 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 651 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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: 17268

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