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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Pleurocapsa fusca

Name: Pleurocapsa fusca Godward 1937

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fus’ca. L. fem. adj. fusca, dark

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ple͡u-ro-KAP-sa FUS-ka, feminine

Valid publication: Godward MB. An ecological and taxonomic investigation of the littoral algal flora of Lake Windermere. Journal of Ecology 1937; 25:496-568.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885

Assigned by: Godward MB. An ecological and taxonomic investigation of the littoral algal flora of Lake Windermere. Journal of Ecology 1937; 25:496-568.

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Record number: 49474

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