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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Oscillatoria castanea

Name: Oscillatoria castanea Hoffmann and Demoulin 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cas.ta’ne.a. N.L. fem. adj. castanea, chestnut

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kas-TA-ne-a, feminine

Holotype: Hoffmann 89-775/7

Valid publication: Hoffmann L, Demoulin V. Marine Cyanophyceae of Papua New Guinea. III. The genera Borzia and Oscillatoria. Bot. Mar. 1993; 36:455.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Demoulin V. Marine Cyanophyceae of Papua New Guinea. III. The genera Borzia and Oscillatoria. Bot. Mar. 1993; 36:455.

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Record number: 39959
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