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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Trichocoleus caatingensis"

Name: "Trichocoleus caatingensis" Machado-de-Lima and Branco 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: caa.ting.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. caatingensis, referring to the Brazilian Caatinga biome

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tri-kho-KO-le-us kaa-tin͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CATCD2

16S rRNA gene: MT311250 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Machado de Lima NM, Branco LHZ. Biological soil crusts: new genera and species of Cyanobacteria from Brazilian semi-arid regions. Phytotaxa 2020; 470:263-281. 🇧🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Trichocoleus Anagnostidis 2001

Assigned by: Machado de Lima NM, Branco LHZ. Biological soil crusts: new genera and species of Cyanobacteria from Brazilian semi-arid regions. Phytotaxa 2020; 470:263-281. 🇧🇷

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Record number: 37747

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