Name: Aphanizomenon paraflexuosum Watanabe 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.fle.xu.o’sum. Gr. prep. para, next to; L. neut. adj. flexuosum, curved, and specific epithet of an Aphanizomenon species; N.L. neut. adj. paraflexuosum, next to [Aphanizomenon] flexuosum

Pronunciation, gender: pa-ra-fle-xu-O-sum, neuter

Holotype: Figure 18-24

Valid publication: Watanabe M. Studies on the planktonic blue-green algae 3. Some Aphanizomenon species in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. B (Bot.) 1991; 17:145.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Aphanizomenon Morren ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Watanabe M. Studies on the planktonic blue-green algae 3. Some Aphanizomenon species in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. B (Bot.) 1991; 17:145.

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Record number: 29800
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