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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Trichotorquatus andrei

Name: Trichotorquatus andrei Pietrasiak et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.dre’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. andrei, named in honor of Jim Andre, Director of the Granite Mountains Research Station and good friend of the authors.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … an-DRE-i, masculine

Holotype: NMC 109459; WJT9-NPBG15

16S rRNA gene: MK188324 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pietrasiak N, Reeve S, Osorio-Santos K, Lipson DA, Johansen JR. Trichotorquatus gen. nov. - a new genus of soil cyanobacteria discovered from American drylands(1). J Phycol 2021; 57:886-902. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Trichotorquatus Pietrasiak et al. 2021

Assigned by: Pietrasiak N, Reeve S, Osorio-Santos K, Lipson DA, Johansen JR. Trichotorquatus gen. nov. - a new genus of soil cyanobacteria discovered from American drylands(1). J Phycol 2021; 57:886-902. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 21158
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