Name: Sirenicapillariaceae Berthold et al. 2022

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Sirenicapillariaceae, Name based on the genus Sirenicapillaria, a rigid marine filamentous cyanobacterium that forms nuisance benthic blooms across the Florida western and southern coasts.

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Sirenicapillaria Berthold et al. 2022

Valid publication: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Homoeotrichaceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Vermifilaceae Berthold et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Lyngbyaceae (Gomont 1892) Hansgirg 1892	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1889) Komárek et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
    Plectonemataceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Pseudoscytonemataceae Elenkin 1949	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Berthold et al. (2022) assigned this family to the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20.
  • 🧒 Berthold et al. (2022) assigned the genus Neolyngbya Caires et al. 2018 to this family. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20.
  • 🧒 Berthold et al. (2022) assigned the genus Limnoraphis Komárek et al. 2013 to this family. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20.
  • 🧒 Berthold et al. (2022) assigned the genus Limnospira Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019 to this family. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20.
  • 🧒 Berthold et al. (2022) assigned the genus Affixifilum Lefler et al. 2021 to this family. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20.
  • 🧒 Berthold et al. (2022) assigned the genus Sirenicapillaria Berthold et al. 2022 to this family. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20.
  • 🧒 Berthold et al. (2022) assigned the genus Tigrinifilum Berthold et al. 2022 to this family. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20.
  • 🧒 Berthold et al. (2022) assigned the genus Capilliphycus Caires et al. 2019 to this family. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013. 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.
  • ❗ Sirenicapillariaceae 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).

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