Species Lyngbya thornensis

Name: Lyngbya thornensis Bunting and Lund 1956

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thor.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. thornensis, referring to Thorne

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: LYN͡G-by-a t^hor-NEN-sis, feminine

Valid publication: Bunting W, Lund JWG. A new blue-green alga epizooic on Daphnia pulex L. Naturalist 1956; 858:88.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Heteroleibleinia thornensis (Bunting and Lund 1956) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Heteroleibleinia thornensis (Bunting and Lund 1956) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Lyngbya thornensis 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.
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Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Bunting W, Lund JWG. A new blue-green alga epizooic on Daphnia pulex L. Naturalist 1956; 858:88.

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Record number: 27184

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