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Species Gloeocapsa opaca

Name: Gloeocapsa opaca Nägeli ex Kützing 1849

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: o.pa’ca. L. fem. adj. opaca, dark, obsure

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: glo͡e-o-KAP-sa o-PA-ka, feminine

Valid publication: Kützing FT. Species algarum. F.A. Brockhaus, Lipsiae, 1849.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gloeocapsa magma f. opaca (Nägeli ex Kützing 1849) Hollerbach 1938

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Gloeocapsa opaca 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 Gloeocapsa.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-11-18.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Gloeocapsa Kützing 1843

Assigned by: Kützing FT. Species algarum. F.A. Brockhaus, Lipsiae, 1849.

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Record number: 54227