Name: "Opitutia" Cavalier-Smith 2020

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: O.pi.tu’ti.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Opitutia, the Opitutales class

Pronunciation, gender: o-pi-TU-ti-a, neuter

Type order: Opitutales Choo et al. 2007

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Opitutia corrig. Choo et al. 2007

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Opitutia corrig. Choo et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Opitutae Choo et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type order of this class has been placed in the class Opitutia corrig. Choo et al. 2007. 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.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Cavalier Smith) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Cavalier Smith and Chao).
  • 🧍 This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion, which discussed its formation. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605.

Parent taxon: Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 2021

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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