Species Oscillatoria guttulata

Name: Oscillatoria guttulata van Goor 1918

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gut.tu.la’ta. L. fem. n. guttula, a little drop, a little spot; N.L. fem. adj. guttulata, having little spots

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a gut-tu-LA-ta, feminine

Valid publication: Goor ACJv. Zur Kenntnis der Oscillatoriaceen. Reçueil des Travaux Botaniques Néerlandais 1918; 15:255-262.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limnothrix guttulata (van Goor 1918) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Limnothrix guttulata (van Goor 1918) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Oscillatoria guttulata is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Oscillatoria.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Goor ACJv. Zur Kenntnis der Oscillatoriaceen. Reçueil des Travaux Botaniques Néerlandais 1918; 15:255-262.

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Record number: 27947

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