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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Dactylococcopsis africana

Name: Dactylococcopsis africana West 1907

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.fri.ca’na. L. fem. adj. africana, African

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: dak-ty-lo-kokk-OP-sis a-fri-KA-na, feminine

Valid publication: West GS. Report on the freshwater algae, including phytoplankton of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington 1904-1905. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1907; 38:81-197.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Dactylococcopsis Hansgirg 1888

Assigned by: West GS. Report on the freshwater algae, including phytoplankton of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington 1904-1905. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1907; 38:81-197.

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Record number: 36685

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