Name: Trichodesmium contortum (Wille ex Kirchner 1898) Wille 1904

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Xanthotrichum contortum Wille ex Kirchner 1898

Etymology: con.tor’tum. L. neut. part. adj. contortum, twisted

Pronunciation, gender: kon-TOR-tum, neuter

Valid publication: Wille N. Die Schizophyceen der Plankton Expedition. In: Hensen V (eds), Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humbolt-Stiftung. Band 4(Mf), Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, Kiel, 1904, p. 1-88.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Oscillatoria contorta (Wille ex Kirchner 1898) Sournia 1968

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oscillatoria contorta (Wille ex Kirchner 1898) Sournia 1968	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Trichodesmium contortum (Wille ex Kirchner 1898) Wille 1908	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    "Xanthotrichum contortum" Wille 1893	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Xanthotrichum contortum Wille ex Kirchner 1898	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Trichodesmium contortum 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 Trichodesmium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Wille N. Die Schizophyceen der Plankton Expedition. In: Hensen V (eds), Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humbolt-Stiftung. Band 4(Mf), Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, Kiel, 1904, p. 1-88.

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Record number: 6843