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Name: Pleurocapsa gloeocapsoides Setchell and Gardner 1918

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: gloe.o.caps.o.i’des. N.L. fem. n. Gloeocapsa, 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. gloeocapsoides, resembling Gloeocapsa

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ple͡u-ro-KAP-sa glo͡e-o-kaps-o-I-des, feminine

Holotype: 4119

Valid publication: Gardner NL. New Pacific coast marine algae III. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1918; 6:455-486.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Myxosarcina gloeocapsoides (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Pleurocapsa gloeocapsoides 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 Pleurocapsa.
    • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Setchell and Gardner) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Gardner).
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885

Assigned by: Gardner NL. New Pacific coast marine algae III. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1918; 6:455-486.

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Record number: 27772