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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Wolskyella australis

Name: Wolskyella australis McGregor and Kaštovský 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aus.tra’lis. L. fem. adj. australis, southern, referring to the southern continent of Antarctica

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wol-sky-EL-la a͡us-TRA-lis, feminine

Holotype: Figure 2; Figure 2,6

Valid publication: Mares J, Kaštovský, J., McGregor, G, J K. The little known pseudofilamentous cyanobacterium Wolskyella (Synechococcales). Nova Hedwigia 2008; 87:221-230. 🇨🇿

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Wolskyella Claus 1963

Assigned by: Mares J, Kaštovský, J., McGregor, G, J K. The little known pseudofilamentous cyanobacterium Wolskyella (Synechococcales). Nova Hedwigia 2008; 87:221-230. 🇨🇿

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Record number: 37500

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