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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Gloeothece bryophila

Name: Gloeothece bryophila Johansen 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bry.o’phi.la. Gr. neut. n. bryon, moss; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; N.L. fem. adj. bryophila, moss-loving, intended to mean moss-associated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: glo͡e-o-THE-ke bry-O-phi-la, feminine

Holotype: CBFS A-101-1; HA4964-KK2

16S rRNA gene: MH481819 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Mares J, Johansen JR, Hauer T, Zima JJ, Ventura S, Cuzman O, Tiribilli B, Kastovsky J. Taxonomic resolution of the genus Cyanothece (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), with a treatment on Gloeothece and three new genera, Crocosphaera, Rippkaea, and Zehria. J Phycol 2019; 55:578-610. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Gloeothece Nägeli 1849

Assigned by: Mares J, Johansen JR, Hauer T, Zima JJ, Ventura S, Cuzman O, Tiribilli B, Kastovsky J. Taxonomic resolution of the genus Cyanothece (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), with a treatment on Gloeothece and three new genera, Crocosphaera, Rippkaea, and Zehria. J Phycol 2019; 55:578-610. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 37369

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