Name: Aegeococcaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ae.ge.o.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Aegeococcaceae, the Aegeococcus family

Pronunciation, gender: a͡e-ge-o-kok-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Aegeococcus Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021

Valid publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51. 🇨🇿

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. Publication: Konstantinou D, Voultsiadou E, Panteris E, Gkelis S. Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: Novel genera and species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 155:106991. 🇬🇷
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aegeococcacea".
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Strunecký and Mareš) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Strunecky et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: TAU-MAC: 4; TAU: 4.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aegeococcus Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aegeococcales Strunecký and Mareš 2023

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51. 🇨🇿

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Record number: 37555