Name: Halothecaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.the.ca’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Halothecaceae, the Halothece family

Pronunciation, gender: ha-lo-t^he-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Halothece Margheri et al. 2008

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:
  • 🧒 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned the genus Rubidibacter Choi et al. 2008 to this family. 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.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014. 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 type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Rubidibacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Halothecacae"; "Halotheceaceae".
  • ✏ 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: BRNM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Euhalothece" Garcia-Pichel et al. 1998	not validly published	preferred name
    Halothece Margheri et al. 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886

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: 37578