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Species Oscillatoria spirulinoides

Name: Oscillatoria spirulinoides Yoneda 1954

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: spi.ru.li.no.i’des. N.L. fem. dim. n. Spirulina, a cyanobacterial genus; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj. spirulinoides, resembling Spirulina

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a spi-ru-li-no-I-des, feminine

Valid publication: Yoneda Y. Title Pending. Bull. Jap. Soc. Phycol. 1954; 2:9.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phormidium spirulinoides (Yoneda 1954) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Oscillatoria spirulinoides 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: Yoneda Y. Title Pending. Bull. Jap. Soc. Phycol. 1954; 2:9.

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Record number: 29013