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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Phormidium acidophilum

Name: Phormidium acidophilum Copeland 1936

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.do’phi.lum. L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. acidophilum, acid loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: phor-MI-di-um a-ki-DO-phi-lum, neuter

Holotype: NY 68

Valid publication: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.

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Record number: 34159

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