Name: Holopedium obvolutum Tiffany 1934

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ob.vo.lu’tum. L. neut. part. adj. obvolutum, covered

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ob-wo-LU-tum, neuter

Valid publication: Tiffany LH. The plankton algae of the west end of Lake Erie. Contribution No 6, The Franz Theodore Stone Laboratory. The Ohio State University Press, Columbus, Ohio, 1934.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microcrocis dietelii f. obvoluta (Tiffany 1934) Fott 1972

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Microcrocis obvoluta" (Tiffany 1934) Frank and Landman 1988	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Microcrocis dietelii f. obvoluta (Tiffany 1934) Fott 1972	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Holopedium obvolutum 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 Holopedium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-01-20.

Parent taxon: Holopedium Lagerheim 1893

Assigned by: Tiffany LH. The plankton algae of the west end of Lake Erie. Contribution No 6, The Franz Theodore Stone Laboratory. The Ohio State University Press, Columbus, Ohio, 1934.

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Record number: 49320