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Species Microchaete tropica
Name: Microchaete tropica Woodhead and Tweed 1958
Etymology: tro’pi.ca. L. fem. adj. tropica, tropical
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … TRO-pi-ka, feminine
Valid publication:
Woodhead N, Tweed RD. Freshwater algae of Sierra Leone. I. New and unusual algae from the Sula Hills. Hydrobiologia 1958; 12:181-225. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Microchaete Thuret ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Assigned by:
Woodhead N, Tweed RD. Freshwater algae of Sierra Leone. I. New and unusual algae from the Sula Hills. Hydrobiologia 1958; 12:181-225.
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Record number: 45215
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