Species Phormidium subterraneum

Name: Phormidium subterraneum Copeland 1936

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ter.ra’ne.um. L. neut. adj. subterraneum, underground

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: p^hor-MI-di-um sub-ter-RA-ne-um, neuter

Holotype: Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden 143

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: synonym

Correct name: Leptolyngbya subterranea (Copeland 1936) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Leptolyngbya subterranea (Copeland 1936) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Phormidium subterraneum 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 Phormidium.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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: 27946

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