Species Pleurocapsa mucosa

Name: Pleurocapsa mucosa (Ercegović 1932) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Scopulonema mucosum Ercegović 1932

Etymology: mu.co’sa. L. fem. adj. mucosa, slimy

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ple͡u-ro-KAP-sa mu-KO-sa, feminine

Valid publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Scopulonema mucosum Ercegović 1932

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Scopulonema mucosum Ercegović 1932	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Pleurocapsa mucosa 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.
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Parent taxon: Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885

Assigned by: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.

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Record number: 27609

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