Family Thalassoporaceae

Name: Thalassoporaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Tha.las.so.po.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Thalassoporaceae, the Thalassoporum family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^ha-las-so-po-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Thalassoporum Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021

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:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Konstantinou D, Voultsiadou E, Panteris E, Gkelis S. Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: Novel genera and species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 155:106991. 🇬🇷
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Strunecky et al. (2026). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • ✏ 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: CBFS: 2; TAU: 2; TAU-MAC: 2; SAG: 2; PCC: 2; BACA: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Leptolatis" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    Pseudanabaenococcus Strunecký 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudanabaenococcus Strunecký 2026	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Thalassoporum Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: "Pseudanabaenales" Hoffmann et al. 2005

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: 37584