Name: Symphyonema cavernicola Asencio et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.ver.ni’co.la. L. fem. n. caverna, a hollow, cave; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. cavernicola, inhabitant of caves (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ka-wer-NI-ko-la, neuter

Holotype: ALGAE 1268

Valid publication: Asencio AD, Aboal M, Hoffmann L. A new cave-inhabiting blue-green alga: Symphyonema cavernicolum sp. nova (Mastigocladaceae, Stigonematales). Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement Algological Studies 1996; 83:73-82.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

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Parent taxon: Symphyonema Jao 1944

Assigned by: Asencio AD, Aboal M, Hoffmann L. A new cave-inhabiting blue-green alga: Symphyonema cavernicolum sp. nova (Mastigocladaceae, Stigonematales). Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement Algological Studies 1996; 83:73-82.

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