Name: "Leptospiria" Cavalier-Smith 2020

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Lep.to.spi.ri.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Leptospiria, the Leptospirales class

Gender: neuter

Type order: Leptospirales Gupta et al. 2014

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Spirochaetia Paster 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spirochaetia Paster 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Spirochaetes Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    "Spirochaetia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the phylum "Spirochaetae" (Ehrenberg 1855) Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • The type order of this class has been placed in the class Spirochaetia Paster 2020. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
  • The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Spirochaetes Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Gupta RS, Mahmood S, Adeolu M. Erratum: A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the Phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phylum. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:322.
  • The authority of the taxon name (Cavalier Smith) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Cavalier Smith and Chao).

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