Name: Aerosakkonemataceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ae.ro.sak.ko.ne.ma.ta’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Aerosakkonemataceae, the Aerosakkonema family

Pronunciation, gender: a͡e-ro-sak-ko-ne-ma-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Aerosakkonema Thu and Watanabe 2012

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:
  • 🧕 Moretto et al. (2024) assigned this family to the order Aerosakkonematales Lefler et al. 2024. Publication: Moretto JA, Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Huang IS, Laughinghouse HD. Floridanema gen. nov. (Aerosakkonemataceae, Aerosakkonematales ord. nov., Cyanobacteria) from benthic tropical and subtropical fresh waters, with the description of four new species. J Phycol 2025; 61:91-107. 🇺🇸
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • ✏ 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: US: 4; SP: 2; NIBRCY: 2; NIES: 1; ULC: 1; CBFS: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aerosakkonema Thu and Watanabe 2012	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cephalothrix Malone et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Floridanema Berthold et al. 2024	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Limnonema Song et al. 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microseira McGregor and Sendall 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Potamosiphon McGregor and Sendall 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922

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: 41681