Name: Microcystis merismopedioides Fritsch 1912
Etymology: me.ris.mo.pe.di.o.i’des. N.L. fem. n. Merismopedia, a cyanobacterial genus; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj. merismopedioides, resembling Merismopedia
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-KYS-tis me-ris-mo-pe-di-o-I-des, feminine
Valid publication:
Fritsch FE. Freshwater Algae collected in the South Orkneys by Mr. R. N. Rudmose Brown, B.Sc., of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–04. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 1912; 40:293-338. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Microcystis Kützing 1833
Assigned by:
Fritsch FE. Freshwater Algae collected in the South Orkneys by Mr. R. N. Rudmose Brown, B.Sc., of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–04. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 1912; 40:293-338.
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