Name: Cylindrospermopsis acuminatocrispa Couté and Bouvy 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.cu.mi.na.to.cris’pa. L. masc. perf. part. acuminatus, pointed; L. masc. adj. crispus, curled; N.L. fem. adj. acuminatocrispa, pointed and curled

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ky-lin-dro-sperm-OP-sis a-ku-mi-na-to-KRIS-pa, feminine

Holotype: ligura nostra 13

Valid publication: Couté A, Bouvy M. A new species of the genus Cylindrospermopsis, C. acuminato-crispa spec. nova (Cyanophyceae, Nostocales) from Ingazeira reservoir, Northeast Brazil. Algological Studies 2004; 113:57-72.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Raphidiopsis acuminatocrispa (Couté and Bouvy 2004) Aguilera et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Raphidiopsis acuminatocrispa (Couté and Bouvy 2004) Aguilera et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

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

Parent taxon: Cylindrospermopsis Seenayya and Subba Raju 1972

Assigned by: Couté A, Bouvy M. A new species of the genus Cylindrospermopsis, C. acuminato-crispa spec. nova (Cyanophyceae, Nostocales) from Ingazeira reservoir, Northeast Brazil. Algological Studies 2004; 113:57-72.

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Record number: 14448