Name: Scopulonemataceae Ercegovic 1932

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Sco.pu.lo.ne.ma.ta’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Scopulonemataceae, the Scopulonema family

Pronunciation, gender: sko-pu-lo-ne-ma-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Scopulonema Ercegović 1930

Valid publication: Ercegovic A. Ekoloske I socioloske studije o litofitskim cijanoficejama sa jugoslavenske obale Jadrana. Rad Jugoslav. Akad. Znan. 1932; 244:129-220.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Endonemataceae Pascher ex Elenkin 1935	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Dermocarpellaceae Ginsburg-Ardré ex Christensen 1978	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Endonemataceae Pascher ex Schmidt 1937	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Podocapsaceae Ercegovic 1932	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Endonemataceen" Pascher 1929	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Hyellaceae Borzi 1914	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Chroococcidiaceae Geitler 1933	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Exococcaceae" Stizenberger 1860	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek and Anagnostidis (1986) assigned this family to the domain "Bacteria". Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes, 2 - Chroococcales. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1986; 43:157-226.
  • 🧕 Starmach (1966) assigned this family to the class "Pleurocapsophyceae" Starmach 1966. Publication: Starmach K. Cyanophyta-Sinice. Glaucophyta-Glaukofity. In: Starmach K (eds), Flora slodkowodna Polski. Band 2, Panstwowe Wydawnietwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1966, p. 807.
  • 🧒 Ercegovic (1932) assigned the genus Scopulonema Ercegović 1930 to this family. Publication: Ercegovic A. Études écologiques et sociologiques des Cyanophycées lithophytes de la côte Yougoslave de l'Adriatique. Bull. Internat. Acad. Yougoslave Sci. Arts, Class mat. - nat. 1932; 26:33-56.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Scogulonemataceae"; "Soopulonemataceae"; "Svepulonemataceae".
  • ❗ Scopulonemataceae 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).
  • 🧍 According to Silva (1980) this taxon name is a synonym of Hydrococcaceae. 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.

Parent taxon: Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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Record number: 6170