Species Gloeocapsa gigas

Name: Gloeocapsa gigas West and West 1894

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gi’gas. Gr. masc. n. gigas, nominative in apposition

Pronunciation, gender: GI-gas, feminine

Valid publication: West W, West GS. On some freshwater algae from the West Indies. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1894; 30:264-280.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Gloeocapsa Kützing 1843

Assigned by: West W, West GS. On some freshwater algae from the West Indies. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1894; 30:264-280.

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Record number: 41276
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