Species Najas muricata
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There aren’t any identifications of Najas muricata.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Najas:
Linnaean name for a genus of aquatic plants, perhaps derived from Naiad, a water nymph, or the Gk. nāias = floating, swimming, that is, in the water; alluding to its habitat.
Etymology of muricata:
From the Latin muricata = 'spiny' (like the purple fish, a murex), in reference to its elongate dorsal and pectoral-fin spines
Scientific name:
Najas muricata Delile
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 281 (1813)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1813
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Najas muricata.
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