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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Microchaete terrestre

Name: Microchaete terrestre Johansen and Flechtner 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-KHA͡E-te ter-RES-tre, feminine

Holotype: Figure 56; Figure 56,75

Valid publication: Flechtner VR, et al. The biological soil crusts of the San Nicolas Island: enigmatic algae from a geographically isolated ecosystem. W. N. Amer. Naturalist 2008; 68:416. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Microchaete terrestris corrig. Johansen and Flechtner 2008

Parent taxon: Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Flechtner VR, et al. The biological soil crusts of the San Nicolas Island: enigmatic algae from a geographically isolated ecosystem. W. N. Amer. Naturalist 2008; 68:416. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 38843

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