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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Cyanosarcina atroveneta

Name: Cyanosarcina atroveneta Johansen and Flechtner 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.tro.ve’ne.ta. L. masc. adj. ater, black; L. masc. adj. venetus, blue, blue-green; N.L. fem. adj. atroveneta, black-blue

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ky-a-no-SAR-ki-na a-tro-WE-ne-ta, feminine

Holotype: Figure 39; Figure 39,70

Valid publication: Flechtner VR, Johansen JR, Belnap J. The biological soil crusts of the San Nicolas Island: enigmatic algae from a geographically isolated ecosystem. W. N. Amer. Naturalist 2008; 68:405-436. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Cyanosarcina Kováčik 1988

Assigned by: Flechtner VR, Johansen JR, Belnap J. The biological soil crusts of the San Nicolas Island: enigmatic algae from a geographically isolated ecosystem. W. N. Amer. Naturalist 2008; 68:405-436. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 37748

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