Synechococcus revillagigedoi Molinari & Guiry, 2021

Molinari-Novoa, Eduardo A., 2021, Nomenclatural notes on algae. V. New names for various algal taxa, mostly at the species rank, Notulae Algarum 184, pp. 1-17 : 9

Synechococcus revillagigedoi Molinari & Guiry , nom. nov.

Replaced name: Synechococcus marinus C.-C.Jao , Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica 2: 164, 1948b (Cyanobacteria, Synechococcaceae ), nom. illeg., non Synechococcus marinus Ercegović (1932: 138) , Aphanothecacae.

Notes: The species is renamed after Juan Vicente de Güemes y Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas Aguayo, 2 nd Count Revillagigedo (1738–1799), patron of the Malaspina Scientific and Sessé Botanical Expeditions, for whom San Juan Island, Washington, USA, where it was originally collected, is named.