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Species Microchaete tenuissima
Name: Microchaete tenuissima West and West 1894
Etymology: te.nu.is’si.ma. L. sup. fem. adj. tenuissima, the finest
Valid publication:
West W, West GS. On some freshwater algae from the West Indies. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1894; 30:264-280. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Leptobasis tenuissima (West and West 1894) Elenkin 1915 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
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Notes:
- ❗ Microchaete tenuissima 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 Microchaete.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
Parent taxon: Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Assigned by:
West W, West GS. On some freshwater algae from the West Indies. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1894; 30:264-280.
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Record number: 38857
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