Species Oscillatoria proteus

Name: Oscillatoria proteus Skuja 1949

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. n. prôteus, intended to mean one who is able to be pleomorphic (nominative in apposition)

Gender: feminine

Valid publication: Skuja H. Zur Süsswasseralgenflora Burmas. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series 4 1949; 14:1-188.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Kamptonema proteus (Skuja 1949) Strunecký et al. 2014

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Phormidium proteus (Skuja 1949) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Kamptonema proteus (Skuja 1949) Strunecký et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Oscillatoria proteus 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Skuja H. Zur Süsswasseralgenflora Burmas. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series 4 1949; 14:1-188.

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Record number: 17021

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