Species Protococcus crepidinum

Name: Protococcus crepidinum Thuret 1854

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: cre.pi’di.num. L. gen. fem. pl. n. crepidinum, of piers or quays

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pro-to-KOK-kus kre-PI-di-num, masculine

Holotype: CCAP 1425/1; HBG 24929; LEGE 6123

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16S rRNA gene: FJ589716 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Thuret G. Sur quelques algues nouvelles. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 1854; 2:387-389.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gloeocapsopsis crepidinum (Thuret 1854) Geitler ex Komárek 1993

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pleurocapsa ercegovicii De Toni f. 1934	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Gloeocapsopsis crepidinum (Thuret 1854) Geitler ex Komárek 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Chroococcus crepidinum (Thuret 1854) Hansgirg 1887	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Pleurocapsa crepidinum (Thuret 1854) Ercegović 1930	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym
    Gloeocapsa crepidinum (Thuret 1854) Thuret 1876	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Protococcus crepidinum 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 [Protococcus].
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-02-03.

Parent taxon: [Protococcus]

Assigned by: Thuret G. Sur quelques algues nouvelles. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 1854; 2:387-389.

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Record number: 56962