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Topic: Desmid name correction

Originally described as Cosmarium sphagnicolum  by W. et G.S.West
However it should be Cosmarium sphagnicola W. et G.S.West 1897.
Apparently a nomenclature technical correct as according to Algaebase "The epithet "sphagnicola" is not declinable.".

Please can this be corrected?
In the meantime I am removing our old records of C. sphagnicolum from our NBN dataset to prevent confusion as we use. C. sphagnicola on our website.

Thanks

Christine