Name: "Paraspirulina subsalsa" (Oersted ex Gomont 1892) Walter et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont 1892

Etymology: sub.sal’sa. L. fem. adj. subsalsa, brackish

Pronunciation, gender: sub-SAL-sa, feminine

Nomenclatural type: PCC 9445

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16S rRNA gene: JH980292 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont 1892

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Oscillatoria subsalsa" (Oersted ex Gomont 1892) Bourrelly 1970	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Paraspirulina" Walter et al. 2017. Publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132.
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published. Based on strain but not on preserved specimen. Taxon description given in supplementary file. Publication: McNeill J, Barrie FR, Buck WR, Demoulin V, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Knapp S, Marhold K, Prado J, et al. International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 2012.

Parent taxon: "Paraspirulina" Walter et al. 2017

Assigned by: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132.

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Record number: 26864