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Name: Arthrospira massartii Kufferath 1914

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.sar’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. massartii, named in honor of Jean Massart, Belgian botanist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ar-thro-SPI-ra mas-SAR-ti-i, feminine

Valid publication: Kufferath H. Contribution à l'étude de la flore algologique du Luxembourg meridionale. II. Chlorophycees (exclus. Desmidiacées), Flagellates et Cyanophycées. Annales de Biologie Lacustre 1914; 7:231-271.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Spirulina massartii (Kufferath 1914) Geitler 1925

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Arthrospira massartii 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 Arthrospira.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Arthrospira Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Kufferath H. Contribution à l'étude de la flore algologique du Luxembourg meridionale. II. Chlorophycees (exclus. Desmidiacées), Flagellates et Cyanophycées. Annales de Biologie Lacustre 1914; 7:231-271.

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Record number: 46726