Name: Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Merismopediaceae, the Merismopedia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Merismopedia Meyen 1839

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. O sistematicheskom podrazdenii poryadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. 2, Sporovye Rasteniya 1933; 1:17-21.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this family to the order Chroococcales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Coelomoron Buell 1938 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Lithococcus Ercegović 1925 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Siphonosphaera Hindák 1988 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Lithomyxa Howe 1932 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Coelosphaeriopsis Lemmermann 1899 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Paracapsa Naumann 1924 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the genus Coelosphaerium Nägeli 1849 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the subfamily "Gomphosphaerioideae" to this family. — Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the subfamily "Merismopedioideae" to this family. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. 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 Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Marismopfldiaceae"; "Mensmopediaceae"; "Merixnmpediaceae".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 1; CCUG: 1; NCTC: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • According to Silva (1980) this taxon name is a synonym of Chroococcaceae. 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 21
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 21
Total number of child taxa: 23

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Agmenellum Brébisson 1839	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Altericista Averina et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aplococcus Roze 1896	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Coccopedia Troitzkaja 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Coelocystis Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanotetras Hindák 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Eucapsis Clements and Shantz 1909	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gonidium Ehrenberg ex Meneghini 1840	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Holopedium Lagerheim 1893	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hydroepicoccum De Notaris 1869	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Limnococcus (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1999) Komárková et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Mantellum Dangeard 1941	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Merismopedia Meyen 1839	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name	correct name
    Merismopoedia Kützing 1843	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    [Microcrocis]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    "Palmogloea" Kützing 1843	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Pannus Hickel 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pilgeria Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Rhyniococcus Edwards and Lyon 1983	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Sphaerastrum Kützing 1837	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Synechocystis Sauvageau 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Trochiscia Kützing 1834	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: "Synechococcales" Hoffmann et al. 2005

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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