Name: Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Cy.ma.to.le.ga’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Cymatolegaceae, the Cymatolege family

Pronunciation, gender: ky-ma-to-le-GA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Cymatolege 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Romeriaceae Komárek et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Tubiellaceae Elenkin 1935	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Alternantiaceae Schiller 1954	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014. 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.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Konstantinou et al. (2021). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • ✏ 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: 7; TAU-MAC: 7; BRNM: 3; SP: 3; CCAP: 1; LEGE: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 21
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 28
Total number of child taxa: 30

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alternantia Schiller 1954	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Amalia De Toni f. 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Bacillosiphon Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Bacularia Borzì 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Campylotropium Hortobágyi and Hilliard 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Catella Ålvik 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Cyanocatenula Joosten 2006	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanodictyon Pascher 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanothamnos Cronberg 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cymatolege Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epigloeosphaera Komárková-Legnerová 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lemmermannia Elenkin 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Lemmermanniella Geitler 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Leptothoe Konstantinou and Gkelis 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lithococcus Ercegović 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lithomyxa Howe 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Myxobaktron Schmidle 1904	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Palikiella Claus ex Drouet 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Palikiella" Claus 1962	not validly published	synonym
    Raciborskia Wołoszyńska 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Raciborskia Koczwara 1928	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym	synonym
    Rhabdoderma Schmidle and Lauterborn 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rhabdogloea Schröder 1917	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rhodoploca Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rhodostichus Geitler and Pascher 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Romeria Koczwara 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Tubiella Hollerbach 1935	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Vasconcelosia de Oliveira et al. 2024	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Wolskyella" Claus 1961	not validly published	synonym
    Wolskyella Claus 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nodosilineales 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: 37586