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Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Algae: 22
Author(s) -
Andersen Robert A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.1002/tax.12345
Subject(s) - dinophyceae , type (biology) , biology , nomenclature , type species , zoology , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , phytoplankton , nutrient
Summary The name Amphidoma ( Dinophyceae ) is not recommended for conservation as being of feminine gender and with a conserved type because the feminine gender is already established, and because there is no known evidence to show that the existing type ( A. acuminata ) is not congenric with A. nucula , the type proposed for conservation. The name Heterocapsa ( Dinophyceae ) is recommended for conservation with a conserved type. Two requests for binding decisions were considered, Cosmarium geminatum and C. gemmatum ( Streptophyta ), and Trigonium ( Bacillariophyta ) and Trigonum ( Streptophyta ). The NCA did not consider the names concerned sufficiently similar to be confused and recommended that they not be treated as homonyms.