Name: "Micromonas pusilla" Omoto and Witman 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pu.sil.la. L. fem. adj. pusilla, wee

Gender: feminine

Original publication: Omoto CK, Witman GB. Functionally significant central-pair rotation in a primitive eukaryotic flagellum. Nature 1981; 290:708-710.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

Parent taxon: Micromonas Murdoch and Shah 2000

Assigned by: Omoto CK, Witman GB. Functionally significant central-pair rotation in a primitive eukaryotic flagellum. Nature 1981; 290:708-710.

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Record number: 3113