Name: Porphyrosiphon animalis (Agardh ex Gomont 1892) Drouet 1968

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Oscillatoria animalis Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Etymology: a.ni.ma’lis. L. gen. n. animalis, of an animal (also as adjective)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-ni-MA-lis, masculine

Valid publication: Drouet F. Revision of the classification of the Oscillatoriaceae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 1968; 15:1-370.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Kamptonema animale (Agardh ex Gomont 1892) Strunecký et al. 2014

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kamptonema animale (Agardh ex Gomont 1892) Strunecký et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Oscillatoria animalis Agardh ex Gomont 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Phormidium animale (Agardh ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Porphyrosiphon animalis 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 Porphyrosiphon.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Porphyrosiphon Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Drouet F. Revision of the classification of the Oscillatoriaceae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 1968; 15:1-370.

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Record number: 43891