Name: Micraloa firma Kützing 1846

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fir’ma. L. fem. adj. firma, firm or steady

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mikr-a-LO-a FIR-ma, feminine

Valid publication: Kützing FT. Tabulae phycologicae oder Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. 1, fasc. 1-2. Gedruckt auf Kosten des Verfassers (in Commission bei W. Köhne), Nordhausen, 1846.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Anacystis firma (Kützing 1846) Drouet and Daily 1948

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Anacystis firma (Kützing 1846) Drouet and Daily 1948	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Micraloa firma (Kützing 1846) Trevisan 1848	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Polycystis firma (Kützing 1846) Rabenhorst 1865	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • ❗ Micraloa firma 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 Micraloa.
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Parent taxon: Micraloa Biasoletto 1832

Assigned by: Kützing FT. Tabulae phycologicae oder Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. 1, fasc. 1-2. Gedruckt auf Kosten des Verfassers (in Commission bei W. Köhne), Nordhausen, 1846.

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Record number: 54393