Species Chroococcus tenacoides

Name: Chroococcus tenacoides Copeland 1936

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.na.co.i’des. L. adj. tenax, clinging, and the specific epithet of a Chroococcus species; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. masc. adj. tenacoides, resembling [Chroococcus] tenax

Pronunciation, gender: te-na-ko-I-des, masculine

Holotype: NY 429

Valid publication: Copeland J. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1936; 36:157.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcus Nägeli 1849

Assigned by: Copeland J. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1936; 36:157.

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Record number: 33534
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