Name: Trichodesmium iwanoffianum Nygaard 1926

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.wa.nof.fi.a’num. N.L. neut. adj. iwanoffianum, referring to Iwanoff

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … i-wa-nof-fi-A-num, neuter

Valid publication: Nygaard G. Plankton from two lakes of the Malayan region. Videnskabelige Meddelelser Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 1926; 82:197-240.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Planktothrix iwanoffiana (Nygaard 1926) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Skujaella iwanoffiana (Nygaard 1926) Frémy 1941	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Oscillatoria iwanoffiana (Nygaard 1926) Bourrelly and Manguin 1952	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Planktothrix iwanoffiana (Nygaard 1926) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Trichodesmium iwanoffianum 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.
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Parent taxon: Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Nygaard G. Plankton from two lakes of the Malayan region. Videnskabelige Meddelelser Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 1926; 82:197-240.

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Record number: 27958