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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Palaeolyngbya kerpii

Name: Palaeolyngbya kerpii Krings 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ker’pi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kerpii, in honor of Prof. Dr. Hans Kerp of Münster, Germany, for his important contributions to our understanding of Rhynie chert land plants and microorganisms

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa-la͡e-o-LYN͡G-by-a KER-pi-i, feminine

Holotype: Figure 1d; NJ 494276; SNSB-BSPG 2015 XVIII 5

Valid publication: Krings M. Palaeolyngbya kerpii sp. nov., a large filamentous cyanobacterium with affinities to Oscillatoriaceae from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert. PalZ 2019; 93:380. 🇩🇪

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Palaeolyngbya Schopf 1968

Assigned by: Krings M. Palaeolyngbya kerpii sp. nov., a large filamentous cyanobacterium with affinities to Oscillatoriaceae from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert. PalZ 2019; 93:380. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 37370

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