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Species Microcystis orae

Name: Microcystis orae Kossinskaja 1948

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: o’rae. L. gen. fem. n. orae, of the coast

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-KYS-tis O-ra͡e, feminine

Valid publication: Kossinskaja EK. Opredelitel' morskikh sinezelenykh vodorosley [Manual for identification of marine blue-green algae]. [in Russian]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow and Leningrad, 1948.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aphanocapsa orae (Kossinskaja 1948) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Microcystis orae 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 Microcystis.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Microcystis Kützing 1833

Assigned by: Kossinskaja EK. Opredelitel' morskikh sinezelenykh vodorosley [Manual for identification of marine blue-green algae]. [in Russian]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow and Leningrad, 1948.

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Record number: 27746