Name: "Candidatus Allopolytropaceae" corrig. Boyd et al. 2019

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Al.lo.po.ly.tro.pa.ce’ae. N.L. masc. n. Allopolytropus, a (Candidatus) generic name; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Allopolytropaceae, the Allopolytropus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Allopolytropus" corrig. Boyd et al. 2019

Original publication: Boyd JA, Jungbluth SP, Leu AO, Evans PN, Woodcroft BJ, Chadwick GL, Orphan VJ, Amend JP, Rappe MS, Tyson GW. Divergent methyl-coenzyme M reductase genes in a deep-subseafloor Archaeoglobi. ISME J 2019; 13:1269-1279.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Polytropaceae" Boyd et al. 2019	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Allopolytropus" corrig. Boyd et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Polytropus" Boyd et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)

Parent taxon: [Archaeoglobi, not assigned to order]

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Record number: 7218