Name: "Spirochaeta crocidurae" Leger 1917

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cro.ci.du.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. crocidurae, of Crocidura, a genus of Insectivora

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: no culture available

Original publication: Leger A. Spirochaete de la musaraigne (Crocidura stampfli Tentink). Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique 1917; 10:280-281.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Borrelia crocidurae (Leger 1917) Davis 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Leger A. Spirochaete de la musaraigne (Crocidura stampfli Tentink). Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique 1917; 10:280-281.

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Record number: 4450
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