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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Cyanosarcina chroococcoides

Name: Cyanosarcina chroococcoides (Geitler 1928) Kováčik 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Myxosarcina chroococcoides Geitler 1928

Etymology: chro.o.coc.co.i’des. N.L. masc. n. Chroococcus, a cyanobacterial genus; 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. fem. adj. chroococcoides, resembling Chroococcus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ky-a-no-SAR-ki-na khro-o-kok-ko-I-des, feminine

Valid publication: Kovácik L. Cell division in simple coccal cyanophytes. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement Volumes 1988; 50:149-190.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Cyanosarcina Kováčik 1988

Assigned by: Kovácik L. Cell division in simple coccal cyanophytes. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement Volumes 1988; 50:149-190.

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Record number: 16271

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