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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Myxosarcina amethystina

Name: Myxosarcina amethystina Copeland 1936

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.me.thys’ti.na. L. fem. adj. amethystina, of the color of amethyst

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-xo-SAR-ki-na a-me-THYS-ti-na, feminine

Holotype: 413

Valid publication: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Myxosarcina Printz 1921

Assigned by: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.

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Record number: 32178

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