Name: Myxacorys chilensis Pietrasiak and Johansen 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.len’sis. N.L. fem. adj. chilensis, from Chile

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … k^hi-LEN-sis, feminine

Holotype: ATA2-1-KO14; NMC 86485

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16S rRNA gene: KJ939079 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pietrasiak N, Osorio-Santos K, Shalygin S, Martin MP, Johansen JR. When Is A Lineage A Species? A Case Study In Myxacorys gen. nov. (Synechococcales: Cyanobacteria) With The Description of Two New Species From The Americas. J Phycol 2019; 55:976-996. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Myxacorys Pietrasiak and Johansen 2019. Publication: Pietrasiak N, Osorio-Santos K, Shalygin S, Martin MP, Johansen JR. When Is A Lineage A Species? A Case Study In Myxacorys gen. nov. (Synechococcales: Cyanobacteria) With The Description of Two New Species From The Americas. J Phycol 2019; 55:976-996. 🇺🇸
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Pietrasiak and Johansen) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Pietrasiak et al.).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Myxacorys Pietrasiak and Johansen 2019

Assigned by: Pietrasiak N, Osorio-Santos K, Shalygin S, Martin MP, Johansen JR. When Is A Lineage A Species? A Case Study In Myxacorys gen. nov. (Synechococcales: Cyanobacteria) With The Description of Two New Species From The Americas. J Phycol 2019; 55:976-996. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 6682