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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Planktolyngbya microspira

Name: Planktolyngbya microspira Komárek and Cronberg 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.cro.spi’ra. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. fem. n. speîra, spiral; N.L. fem. n. microspira, small spiral

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mi-kro-SPI-ra, feminine

Holotype: Figure 15

Valid publication: Komárek J, Cronberg G. Some Chroococcalean and Oscillatorialean Cyanoprokaryotes from Southern African lakes, ponds and pools. Nova Hedwigia 2001; 73:129-160. 🇸🇪

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Planktolyngbya Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Assigned by: Komárek J, Cronberg G. Some Chroococcalean and Oscillatorialean Cyanoprokaryotes from Southern African lakes, ponds and pools. Nova Hedwigia 2001; 73:129-160. 🇸🇪

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Record number: 29406
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