Pseudoscillatoria coralii Rasoulouniriana, Siboni, Ben-Dov, Kramarsky-Winter, Loya & Kushmaro, nom. inval. 2009
Publication Details
Pseudoscillatoria coralii Rasoulouniriana, Siboni, Ben-Dov, Kramarsky-Winter, Loya & Kushmaro, nom. inval. 2009: 91
Published in: Rasoulouniriana, D., Siboni, N., Ben-Dov, E., Kramarsky-Winter, E., Loya, Y. & Kushmaro, A. (2009). Pseudoscillatoria coralii gen. nov., sp. nov., a cyanobacterium associated with coral black band disease (BBD). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 87: 91-96.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (non designatus) of the genus Pseudoscillatoria.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Source of Synonymy
Casamatta, D., Stanic, D., Gantar, M. & Richardson, L.L. (2012). Characterization of Roseofilum reptotaenium (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) gen. et sp. nov. isolated from Caribbean black band disease. Phycologia 51(5): 489-499.
Type Information
Red Sea (on Favea; (Casamatta et al. 2012: 496, Table 1)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 February 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 September 2012
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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: no description of any kind. - (10 February 2011) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic note
Casamatta et al. (2012: 496) note that this species is invalid. While they believe that Pseudoscillatoria coralii should be transferred into the genus Roseofilum, they are hesitant to do so without being able to study the strains in question. - (26 September 2012) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 September 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 July 2025
