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Species "Spirochaeta harveyi"
Name: "Spirochaeta harveyi" Garnham 1947
Etymology: har’vey.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. harveyi, named in honour of Mr. A. E. C. Harvey
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … HAR-wey-i, feminine
Nomenclatural type: no culture available
Original publication:
Garnham PC. A new blood spirochaete in the grivet monkey; Ceropithecus aethiops. East Afr Med J 1947; 24:47-51. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Borrelia harveyi (Garnham 1947) Davis 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Borrelia harveyi (Garnham 1947) Davis 1948 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Parent taxon: Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Garnham PC. A new blood spirochaete in the grivet monkey; Ceropithecus aethiops. East Afr Med J 1947; 24:47-51.
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Record number: 4454
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