Name: Cylindrospermopsis sinuosa Couté et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: si.nu.o’sa. L. fem. adj. sinuosa, sinuous

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ky-lin-dro-sperm-OP-sis si-nu-O-sa, feminine

Holotype: Figure 8

Valid publication: Couté A, Leitao M, Sarmento H. Cylindrospermopsis sinuosa spec. nova (Cyanophyceae, Nostocales), une nuovelle espece du sud-ouest de la France. Algological Studies 2004; 111:1-15.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Raphidiopsis sinuosa (Couté et al. 2004) Aguilera et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cylindrospermopsis sinuosa 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, Leitao M, Sarmento H. Cylindrospermopsis sinuosa spec. nova (Cyanophyceae, Nostocales), une nuovelle espece du sud-ouest de la France. Algological Studies 2004; 111:1-15.

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Record number: 14385