Family Aegeococcaceae

Name: Aegeococcaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aegeococcus Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Olokunococcus Aiube et al. 2026	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