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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Hyella pyxis

Name: Hyella pyxis Lukas and Hoffman 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: py’xis. Gr. fem. n. pyxis, a small box

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: hy-EL-la PY-xis, feminine

Holotype: CYS331H

Valid publication: Lukas KJ, Hoffman EJ. New endolithic cyanophytes from the North Atlantic ocean. III. Hyella pyxis Lukas & Hoffman sp. nov. Journal of Phycology 1984; 20:515-520.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Hyella Bornet and Flahault 1888

Assigned by: Lukas KJ, Hoffman EJ. New endolithic cyanophytes from the North Atlantic ocean. III. Hyella pyxis Lukas & Hoffman sp. nov. Journal of Phycology 1984; 20:515-520.

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Record number: 43276

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