Name: Vacuolonema iberomarrocanum Morais et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ibero, refers to the Iberian Peninsula; marrocanum, is derived from indicating the region where the species is found; suff. -anum, is used to denote geographic origin and is neutral in gender; iberomarrocanum, a species from that region

Gender: neuter

Holotype: LEGE 7170; PO T5172

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16S rRNA gene: KU951854 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Morais J, Hentschke GS, Oliveira F, Silva R, Leão PN, Sabour B, Vasconcelos V. Description of Vacuolonema iberomarrocanum gen. et sp. nov. (Oculatellales, Cyanobacteria): a new marine cyanobacterial taxon from the Portuguese and Moroccan Atlantic coast. Phytotaxa 2025; 708:182-196. 🇵🇹

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Vacuolonema Morais et al. 2025. Publication: Morais J, Hentschke GS, Oliveira F, Silva R, Leão PN, Sabour B, Vasconcelos V. Description of Vacuolonema iberomarrocanum gen. et sp. nov. (Oculatellales, Cyanobacteria): a new marine cyanobacterial taxon from the Portuguese and Moroccan Atlantic coast. Phytotaxa 2025; 708:182-196. 🇵🇹
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-08-19.

Parent taxon: Vacuolonema Morais et al. 2025

Assigned by: Morais J, Hentschke GS, Oliveira F, Silva R, Leão PN, Sabour B, Vasconcelos V. Description of Vacuolonema iberomarrocanum gen. et sp. nov. (Oculatellales, Cyanobacteria): a new marine cyanobacterial taxon from the Portuguese and Moroccan Atlantic coast. Phytotaxa 2025; 708:182-196. 🇵🇹

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Record number: 66839