Name: Radaisia gigas Geitler 1933

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gi’gas. Gr. masc. n. gigas, a giant (nominative in apposition), a giant (nominative in opposition)

Pronunciation, gender: GI-gas, feminine

Valid publication: Geitler L. Diagnosen neuer Blaualgen von den Sunda-Inseln. Arch. Hydrobiol., Suppl. 1933; 12:622-634.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cyanodermatium gigas (Geitler 1933) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cyanodermatium gigas (Geitler 1933) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

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

Parent taxon: Radaisia Sauvageau 1895

Assigned by: Geitler L. Diagnosen neuer Blaualgen von den Sunda-Inseln. Arch. Hydrobiol., Suppl. 1933; 12:622-634.

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Record number: 27762