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Species Lyngbya spirulinoides

Name: Lyngbya spirulinoides Utermöhl 1925

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: spi.ru.li.no.i’des. N.L. fem. dim. n. Spirulina, a cyanobacterial genus; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj. spirulinoides, resembling Spirulina

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: LYN͡G-by-a spi-ru-li-no-I-des, feminine

Valid publication: Utermöhl H. Limnologische Phytoplanktonstudien. Die Besiedelung ostholsteinischer Seen mit Schwebpflanzen. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1925; 5:1-527.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym

Taxonomic status: synonym

Preferred name: Planktolyngbya spirulinoides (Utermöhl 1925) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994

  • Notes:
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🧍 Later homonym of Lyngbya spirulinoides Gomont 1892. Publication: Gomont MA. Monographie des Oscillariees. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. 1892; 7:231.

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Utermöhl H. Limnologische Phytoplanktonstudien. Die Besiedelung ostholsteinischer Seen mit Schwebpflanzen. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1925; 5:1-527.

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Record number: 29014