Gyromastix limax Doweld 2021
Publication Details
Gyromastix limax Doweld 2021: 399
Published in: Doweld, A.B. (2021). Gyromastix, a new name for Peregrinia Cavalier-Smith, 2011 (Protista: Thaumatomonada) non Peregrinia E.I.Vorobyeva & O.A.Lebedev, 1986 (Pisces: Osteolepididae). Zootaxa 5072(4): 399-400.
Request PDFPublication date: 1 December 2021
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gyromastix is Gyromastix clavideferens (A.T.Howe, H.Arndt & Cavalier-Smith) Doweld.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 30 June 2023 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
Last updated: 30 June 2023
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Nomenclatural note
Doweld (2021: 400) states: "Since Gyromitus limax was originally published as a botanical taxon [ICBN, Turland et al., 2018], the rules of botanical nomenclature were applied to the nomenclature of the flagellate microorganism. Authors unhappily did not designate the necessitated holotype of the species, required by the Botanical Code from 1958, and hence the species was not validly published (ICBN, now ICN, Art. 40.1). When Cavalier-Smith (2011) recombined the species in Peregrinia, the invalid basionym name was formally recombined as Peregrinia with no rectifying actions as to its invalid nomenclatural status." - (30 June 2023) - E.A. Molinari Novoa
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Citing AlgaeBase
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2025
