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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Calothrix gigas

Name: Calothrix gigas Copeland 1936

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

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

Holotype: NY 430

Valid publication: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Calothrix Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.

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Record number: 33484
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