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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Oscillatoria antarctica

Name: Oscillatoria antarctica Massalski et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern, of the Antarctic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a ant-ARK-ti-ka, feminine

Holotype: Figure 1

Valid publication: Massalski A, Mrozińska T, Olech M. Ultrastructure of selected Cyanophyta/Cyanobacteria from King George Island, Antarctica. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1999; 129:250.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Massalski A, Mrozińska T, Olech M. Ultrastructure of selected Cyanophyta/Cyanobacteria from King George Island, Antarctica. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1999; 129:250.

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Record number: 38610

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