Species Merismopedia gigas

Name: Merismopedia gigas Ryppowa 1925

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gi’gas. Gr. masc. n. gigas, nominative in apposition

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … GI-gas, feminine

Valid publication: Ryppowa H. Merismopedia (subgenus Pseudoholopedia) gigas nov. subgen. nov. sp. Acta Soc. Bot. Polon. 1925; 3:42-48.

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

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Geitler (1932), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudoholopedia convoluta (Brébisson ex Kützing 1849) Elenkin 1938. 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 a later heterotypic synonym of Merismopedia convoluta Brébisson ex Kützing 1849. 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 a later heterotypic synonym of "Pseudoholopedia convoluta" (Brébisson ex Kützing 1849) Elenkin 1936. 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 gigas 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 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Merismopedia Meyen 1839

Assigned by: Ryppowa H. Merismopedia (subgenus Pseudoholopedia) gigas nov. subgen. nov. sp. Acta Soc. Bot. Polon. 1925; 3:42-48.

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Record number: 27770

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