Species Lyngbya murrayi

Name: Lyngbya murrayi West and West 1911

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mur’ray.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. murrayi, named in honor of George Robert Milne Murray, Scottish botanist

Gender: feminine

Holotype: BRNM 2334HY; KGI28

16S rRNA gene: HQ873481 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: West W, West GS. Part VII. Freshwater algae. In: Murray J (eds), British Antarctic Expedition 1907-9. Vol. 1 Biology, William Heinemann, London, 1911, p. 264-298.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Wilmottia murrayi (West and West 1911) Strunecký et al. 2011

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Wilmottia murrayi (West and West 1911) Strunecký et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Phormidium murrayi (West and West 1911) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Lyngbya murrayi 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 Lyngbya.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: West W, West GS. Part VII. Freshwater algae. In: Murray J (eds), British Antarctic Expedition 1907-9. Vol. 1 Biology, William Heinemann, London, 1911, p. 264-298.

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Record number: 7046

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Species Lyngbya murrayi