Name: Sphaenosiphon sphaeroideus (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Beljakova 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Dermocarpa sphaeroidea Setchell and Gardner 1918

Etymology: sphae.ro.i’de.us. N.L. masc. adj. sphaeroideus, spherical [probably better: sphaeroides]

Gender: masculine

Holotype: UC 205599

Valid publication: Beljakova RN. [Sinopsis of the benthic Cyanophyta flora of the Russian Far-Eastern seas. 2. Chroococcales (Entophysalidaceae, Dermocarpellaceae, Xenococcaceae, Hydrococcaceae)]. Bot. Zhurn. 2000; 85:87-98. 🇷🇺

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cyanocystis sphaeroidea (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dermocarpa sphaeroidea Setchell and Gardner 1918	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Cyanocystis sphaeroidea (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

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

Parent taxon: Sphaenosiphon Reinsch 1875

Assigned by: Beljakova RN. [Sinopsis of the benthic Cyanophyta flora of the Russian Far-Eastern seas. 2. Chroococcales (Entophysalidaceae, Dermocarpellaceae, Xenococcaceae, Hydrococcaceae)]. Bot. Zhurn. 2000; 85:87-98. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 38563