Name: "Sarcina morrhuae" Farlow 1880

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mor.rhu.ae. N.L. fem. n. morrhua, morrhua, the specific epithet of the codfish, Gadus morhua L. (often misspelled morrhua); N.L. gen. fem. n. morrhuae, of the codfish

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 17082; DSM 1307; IFO 14719; JCM 8876; NBRC 14719; VKM B-1772

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Original publication: Farlow WG. On the nature of the peculiar reddening of salted codfish during the summer season. United States Fisheries Commission Report 1880; 1878:969-974.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Halococcus morrhuae (Farlow 1880) Kocur and Hodgkiss 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halococcus morrhuae (Farlow 1880) Kocur and Hodgkiss 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, lectotype

Parent taxon: Sarcina Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Farlow WG. On the nature of the peculiar reddening of salted codfish during the summer season. United States Fisheries Commission Report 1880; 1878:969-974.

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Record number: 4488