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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Melasmatosphaera media

Name: Melasmatosphaera media Hofmann 1976

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me’di.a. L. fem. adj. media, middle, intermediate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-las-ma-to-SPHA͡E-ra ME-di-a, feminine

Holotype: Figure 9a,b in Plate 8

Valid publication: Hofmann HJ. Precambrian Microflora, Belcher Islands, Canada: Significance and Systematics. Journal of Paleontology 1976; 50:1040-1073.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Melasmatosphaera Hofmann 1976

Assigned by: Hofmann HJ. Precambrian Microflora, Belcher Islands, Canada: Significance and Systematics. Journal of Paleontology 1976; 50:1040-1073.

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Record number: 39128

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