Name: Planktolyngbya spirulinoides (Utermöhl 1925) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lyngbya spirulinoides Utermöhl 1925

Etymology: spi.ru.li.no.i’des. N.L. fem. dim. n. Spirulina, a cyanobacterial genus; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj. spirulinoides, resembling Spirulina

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … spi-ru-li-no-I-des, feminine

Valid publication: Umezaki I, Watanabe M. Enumeration of the Cyanophyta (blue-green algae) of Japan 1. Chroococcales and Oscillatoriales. Japanese Journal of Phycology 1994; 42:175-219.

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

Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lyngbya spirulinoides Utermöhl 1925	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Later homotypic synonym of Lyngbya pseudospirulina Pascher 1925. 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: Planktolyngbya Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Assigned by: Umezaki I, Watanabe M. Enumeration of the Cyanophyta (blue-green algae) of Japan 1. Chroococcales and Oscillatoriales. Japanese Journal of Phycology 1994; 42:175-219.

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Record number: 27831