Species Oscillatoria tanganyikae

Name: Oscillatoria tanganyikae West 1907

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tan.gan.yi’kae. N.L. gen. fem. n. tanganyikae, pertaining to Tanganyika

Gender: feminine

Valid publication: West GS. Report on the freshwater algae, including phytoplankton of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington 1904-1905. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1907; 38:81-197.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phormidium tanganyikae (West 1907) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Phormidium tanganyikae (West 1907) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Oscillatoria tanganyikae 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 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: West GS. Report on the freshwater algae, including phytoplankton of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington 1904-1905. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1907; 38:81-197.

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Record number: 27295

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Species Oscillatoria tanganyikae