Name: Hormospora pellucida Dickie 1874

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pel.lu’ci.da. L. fem. adj. lucida, clear; L. fem. adj. pellucida, transparent

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pel-LU-ki-da, feminine

Holotype: 830 b

Valid publication: Dickie G. Enumeration of algae from Fernando de Noronha, collected by H.N. Moseley, M.A., naturalist to H.M.S. "Challenger". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1874; 14:363-365.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Johannesbaptistia pellucida (Dickie 1874) Taylor and Drouet 1938

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cyanothrix gardneri f. primaria (Gardner 1927) Kisselew 1947	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank
    Johannesbaptistia primaria (Gardner 1927) De Toni f. 1934	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Cyanothrix primaria Gardner 1927	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Johannesbaptistia pellucida (Dickie 1874) Taylor and Drouet 1938	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Drouet and Daily (1956), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Cyanothrix primaria Gardner 1927. Publication: Drouet F, Daily WA. Revision of the coccoid Myxophyceae. Butler University Botanical Studies 1956; 12:1-218.
  • ⏰ According to Drouet and Daily (1956), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Johannesbaptistia primaria (Gardner 1927) De Toni f. 1934. Publication: Drouet F, Daily WA. Revision of the coccoid Myxophyceae. Butler University Botanical Studies 1956; 12:1-218.
  • ❗ Hormospora pellucida 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 [Hormospora].
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Parent taxon: [Hormospora]

Assigned by: Dickie G. Enumeration of algae from Fernando de Noronha, collected by H.N. Moseley, M.A., naturalist to H.M.S. "Challenger". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1874; 14:363-365.

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Record number: 6935