Name: Spirocoleus terebrans (Bornet and Flahault ex Gomont 1892) Silva 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Plectonema terebrans Bornet and Flahault ex Gomont 1892

Etymology: te’re.brans. L. neut. part. adj. terebrans, perforating

Gender: masculine

Valid publication: Silva PC, Basson PW, Moe RL. Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1996; 79:1-1166.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leptolyngbya terebrans (Bornet and Flahault ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Plectonema terebrans Bornet and Flahault ex Gomont 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Leptolyngbya terebrans (Bornet and Flahault ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Spirocoleus terebrans 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 Spirocoleus.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Silva) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Silva et al.).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Spirocoleus Möbius ex Crow 1927

Assigned by: Silva PC, Basson PW, Moe RL. Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1996; 79:1-1166.

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Record number: 27915