Species Dermocarpa pyriformis

Name: Dermocarpa pyriformis (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Kaas 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Xenococcus pyriformis Setchell and Gardner 1918

Etymology: py.ri.for’mis. Gr. neut. n. pŷr, pear (pirum); L. fem. n. forma, form, shape; N.L. fem. adj. pyriformis, pear-shaped, pear-shaped

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: der-mo-KAR-pa py-ri-FOR-mis, feminine

Holotype: 2756

Valid publication: Kaas H. Algal studies of the Danish Wadden Sea. III. Blue-green algae in tidal flat sediments (sand flats and lower salt-marsh) at Rejsby: taxonomy and ecology. Opera Botanica 1985; 79:38-61.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Xenococcus pyriformis Setchell and Gardner 1918

Parent taxon: Dermocarpa Crouan and Crouan 1858

Assigned by: Kaas H. Algal studies of the Danish Wadden Sea. III. Blue-green algae in tidal flat sediments (sand flats and lower salt-marsh) at Rejsby: taxonomy and ecology. Opera Botanica 1985; 79:38-61.

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Record number: 43187

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