Name: Myxosarcina gloeocapsoides (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pleurocapsa gloeocapsoides Setchell and Gardner 1918

Etymology: gloe.o.caps.o.i’des. N.L. fem. n. Gloeocapsa, 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. gloeocapsoides, resembling Gloeocapsa

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-xo-SAR-ki-na glo͡e-o-kaps-o-I-des, feminine

Holotype: 4119

Valid publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pleurocapsa gloeocapsoides Setchell and Gardner 1918	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
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Parent taxon: Myxosarcina Printz 1921

Assigned by: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.

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Record number: 27605