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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Siphonophycus punctatus

Name: Siphonophycus punctatus Maithy 1975

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: punc.ta’tus. N.L. masc. adj. punctatus, pointed

Pronunciation, gender: punk-TA-tus, masculine

Holotype: Figure 5 in Plate 1

Valid publication: Maithy PK. Micro-organisms from the Bushimay System (Late Pre-Cambrian) of Kanshi, Zaire. Palaeobotanist 1975; 22:133-149.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Siphonophycus Schopf 1968

Assigned by: Maithy PK. Micro-organisms from the Bushimay System (Late Pre-Cambrian) of Kanshi, Zaire. Palaeobotanist 1975; 22:133-149.

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Record number: 42018
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