Name: Palaeoscytonema indica Mandal and Maithy 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.ca. L. fem. adj. indica, of or belonging to India, where the type strain was isolated from the outer wash of a tomato collected from the vegetable market in India

Pronunciation, gender: IN-di-ka, neuter

Holotype: Figure 12 in Plate 2

Valid publication: Mandal J, Maithy PK, Barman G, Verma KK. Microbiota from the Kushalgarh Formation, Delhi Supergroup, India. Journal of Palaeosciences 1984; 32:1-19.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Palaeoscytonema indicum corrig. Mandal and Maithy 1984

Parent taxon: Palaeoscytonema Edhorn 1973

Assigned by: Mandal J, Maithy PK, Barman G, Verma KK. Microbiota from the Kushalgarh Formation, Delhi Supergroup, India. Journal of Palaeosciences 1984; 32:1-19.

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Record number: 41511
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