Name: Opitutae Choo et al. 2007
Etymology: O.pi.tu’tae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Opitutales, type order of the class; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ae, ending sometimes incorrectly used for class or phylum names; N.L. fem. pl. n. Opitutae, the class of the order Opitutales
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 under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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"Opitutia" Cavalier-Smith 2020 | homotypic synonym, not validly published |
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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[Opitutae, not assigned to order] | artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis | |
Opitutales Choo et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Puniceicoccales Choo et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 2021
Assigned by:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
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Record number: 4790