Name: Limnococcus Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

Category: Subgenus

Proposed as: subgen. nov.

Etymology: Lim.no.coc’cus. Gr. fem. n. limnê, lake; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Limnococcus, a coccus-shaped organism from a lake

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lim-no-KOK-kus, masculine (stem: Limnococc-)

Valid publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek and Anagnostidis (1995) assigned this subgenus to the genus Chroococcus Nägeli 1849. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Zlimucoccus".
  • 😵 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.

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Record number: 27745