Name: Cylindrospermopsis curvispora Watanabe 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cur.vi’spo.ra. L. masc. adj. curvus, curved, bent; Gr. fem. n. spora, seed, spore; N.L. fem. adj. curvispora, having curved spores

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ky-lin-dro-sperm-OP-sis kur-WI-spo-ra, feminine

Holotype: Figure 1-18

Valid publication: Watanabe M. Studies on planktonic blue-green algae 5. A new species of Cylindrospermopsis (Nostocaceae) from Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series B (Botany) 1995; 21:45-48.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Raphidiopsis curvispora (Watanabe 1995) Aguilera et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Raphidiopsis curvispora (Watanabe 1995) Aguilera et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cylindrospermopsis curvispora 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.
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Parent taxon: Cylindrospermopsis Seenayya and Subba Raju 1972

Assigned by: Watanabe M. Studies on planktonic blue-green algae 5. A new species of Cylindrospermopsis (Nostocaceae) from Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series B (Botany) 1995; 21:45-48.

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Record number: 14321