Name: Microcrocis gigas (Ryppowa 1925) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Merismopedia gigas Ryppowa 1925

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

Pronunciation, gender: GI-gas, feminine

Valid publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.

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
    Merismopedia convoluta Brébisson ex Kützing 1849	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "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)
    Merismopedia gigas Ryppowa 1925	homotypic 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.
  • ❗ Microcrocis 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 Microcrocis.
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Parent taxon: Microcrocis Richter 1893

Assigned by: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.

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Record number: 27601