Name: Chroococcidiaceae Geitler 1933

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Chroococcidiaceae, the Chroococcidium family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Chroococcidium Geitler 1933

Valid publication: Geitler L. Diagnosen neuer Blaualgen von den Sunda-Inseln. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1933; 12:622-634.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Hyellaceae Borzi 1914

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dermocarpellaceae Ginsburg-Ardré ex Christensen 1978	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Podocapsaceae Ercegovic 1932	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Hyellaceae Borzi 1914	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Geitler (1933) assigned the genus Chroococcidium Geitler 1933 to this family. Publication: Geitler L. Diagnosen neuer Blaualgen von den Sunda-Inseln. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1933; 12:622-634.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Hyellaceae Borzi 1914. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chrqoeoccitliaceae".
  • ❗ Chroococcidiaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧍 Silva (1980) notes that according to Drouet and Daily (1956, p. 146), the type specimen of the type species of Chroococcidium represents palmelloid flagellates. Silva (1980) further comments "Notwithstanding, Bourrelly (1970, p. 333) applied Chroococcidiaceae to a family of blue-green algae, including Myxosarcina (syn. Pseudocapsa, Endospora) and Chroococcopsis (syn. Chroococcidium).". Publication: Silva PC. Names of classes and families of living algae with special reference to their use in the Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht, 1980.

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Record number: 6153