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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Okeania lorea

Name: Okeania lorea Engene et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lo’re.a. L. fem. adj. lorea, made of thongs. from lorum-i which means a strap or thong of leather, referring to the characteristic stringy whip-like thallus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: o-ke-a-NI-a LO-re-a, feminine

Holotype: FK12-17; US 217945

16S rRNA gene: KC196268 Analysetree FASTA download

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

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: 15697

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