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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Limnococcus fonticola

Name: Limnococcus fonticola Wang et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon.ti’co.la. L. masc. n. fons, fountain; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. fonticola, dweller of fountain (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: fon-TI-ko-la, masculine

Holotype: CHABTP201720.1; HBI CHABT2002

Valid publication: Wang Y, Jia N, Geng R, Yu G, Li R. Phylogenetic insights into chroococcus-like taxa (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), describing Cryptochroococcus tibeticus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Limnococcus fonticola sp. nov. from Qinghai-Tibet plateau. J Phycol 2021; 57:1739-1748. 🇨🇳

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Limnococcus (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1999) Komárková et al. 2010

Assigned by: Wang Y, Jia N, Geng R, Yu G, Li R. Phylogenetic insights into chroococcus-like taxa (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), describing Cryptochroococcus tibeticus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Limnococcus fonticola sp. nov. from Qinghai-Tibet plateau. J Phycol 2021; 57:1739-1748. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 20332
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