Species Merismopedia convoluta

Name: Merismopedia convoluta Brébisson ex Kützing 1849

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.vo.lu’ta. L. fem. part. adj. convoluta, coiled, the coiled Heliorestis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kon-wo-LU-ta, feminine

Valid publication: Kützing FT. Species algarum. F.A. Brockhaus, Lipsiae, 1849.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudoholopedia convoluta (Brébisson ex Kützing 1849) Elenkin 1938

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Pseudoholopedia convoluta" (Brébisson ex Kützing 1849) Elenkin 1936	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Pseudoholopedia convoluta (Brébisson ex Kützing 1849) Elenkin 1938	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Microcrocis gigas (Ryppowa 1925) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Merismopedia gigas Ryppowa 1925	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Geitler (1932), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Microcrocis gigas (Ryppowa 1925) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. Publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Rabenhorst LE (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Ed. 2. Vol. 14, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1932, p. 1-1196.
- ⏰ According to Geitler (1932), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Merismopedia gigas Ryppowa 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Rabenhorst LE (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Ed. 2. Vol. 14, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1932, p. 1-1196.
- ❗ Merismopedia convoluta 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 Merismopedia.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-28.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Merismopedia convoluta var. aeruginosa Rabenhorst 1858	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Merismopedia convoluta f. minor Wille 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Merismopedia Meyen 1839

Assigned by: Kützing FT. Species algarum. F.A. Brockhaus, Lipsiae, 1849.

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Record number: 54078

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Species Merismopedia convoluta