Name: Okeania erythroflocculosa Engene et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.ry.thro.floc.cu.lo.sa. N.L. fem. adj. erythroflocculosa, epithet erythros (Gr. ρυθρός-α-ον) meaning red and the Latin epithet flocculosus (a-um) meaning a structure or a species resembling a floccus, referring to the red tufts growth morphology

Gender: feminine

Holotype: FFP12-1T; US 217944

Valid publication: Engene N, Paul VJ, Byrum T, Gerwick WH, Thor A, Ellisman MH. Five chemically rich species of tropical marine cyanobacteria of the genus Okeania gen. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanoprokaryota). J Phycol 2013; 49:1095-1106.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Okeania Engene et al. 2013

Assigned by: Engene N, Paul VJ, Byrum T, Gerwick WH, Thor A, Ellisman MH. Five chemically rich species of tropical marine cyanobacteria of the genus Okeania gen. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanoprokaryota). J Phycol 2013; 49:1095-1106.

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Record number: 6997