Name: Haloarculaceae Gupta et al. 2016

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.ar.cu.la.ce’ae N.L. fem. dim. n. Haloarcula, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Haloarculaceae, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Haloarcula

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic reappraisal of family-level divisions within the class Halobacteria: proposal to divide the order Halobacteriales into the families Halobacteriaceae, Haloarculaceae fam. nov., and Halococcaceae fam. nov., and the order Haloferacales into the families, Haloferacaceae and Halorubraceae fam nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:565-587.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ventosa A. Genus II. Haloarcula Torreblanca, Rodriguez-Valera, Juez, Ventosa, Kamekura and Kates 1986b, 573VP (Effective publication: Torreblanca, Rodriguez-Valera, Juez, Ventosa, Kamekura and Kates 1986a, 98). In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 305-309.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Halapricum Song et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986	validly published	correct name
    Halococcoides Sorokin et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Haloglomus Durán-Viseras et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Halomicroarcula Echigo et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Halomicrobium Oren et al. 2002	validly published	correct name
    Halorhabdus Wainø et al. 2000	validly published	correct name
    Halorientalis Cui et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    "Halosegnis" Duran-Viseras et al. 2020	not validly published
    Halosimplex Vreeland et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Salinirussus Cui et al. 2017	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Halobacteriales Grant and Larsen 1989

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic reappraisal of family-level divisions within the class Halobacteria: proposal to divide the order Halobacteriales into the families Halobacteriaceae, Haloarculaceae fam. nov., and Halococcaceae fam. nov., and the order Haloferacales into the families, Haloferacaceae and Halorubraceae fam nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:565-587.

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