Name: Opitutae Choo et al. 2007

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Opitutales, type order of the class; suff. -ae, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Opitutae, the class of the order Opitutales

Gender: neuter

Type order: Opitutales Choo et al. 2007

Valid publication: Choo YJ, Lee K, Song J, Cho JC. Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:532-537.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Opitutia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class "Opitutia" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    [Opitutae, not assigned to order]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    Opitutales Choo et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Puniceicoccales Choo et al. 2007	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: "Verrucomicrobia" Hedlund et al. 1997

Assigned by: Choo YJ, Lee K, Song J, Cho JC. Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:532-537.

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