Name: Vermifilaceae Berthold et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Vermifilaceae, Named after the most often occurring taxa described within the family.

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Vermifilum Berthold et al. 2020

Valid publication: Berthold DE, Lefler F, Dail Laughinghouse H. Untangling filamentous marine cyanobacterial diversity from the coast of South Florida with the description of Vermifilaceae fam. nov. and three new genera: Leptochromothrix gen. nov., Ophiophycus gen. nov., and Vermifilum gen nov. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 0:107010.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sirenicapillariaceae Berthold et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Homoeotrichaceae Elenkin 1949	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. (2020) assigned this family to the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler F, Dail Laughinghouse H. Untangling filamentous marine cyanobacterial diversity from the coast of South Florida with the description of Vermifilaceae fam. nov. and three new genera: Leptochromothrix gen. nov., Ophiophycus gen. nov., and Vermifilum gen nov. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 0:107010.
  • 🧒 Berthold et al. (2020) assigned the genus Leptochromothrix Berthold et al. 2020 to this family. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler F, Dail Laughinghouse H. Untangling filamentous marine cyanobacterial diversity from the coast of South Florida with the description of Vermifilaceae fam. nov. and three new genera: Leptochromothrix gen. nov., Ophiophycus gen. nov., and Vermifilum gen nov. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 0:107010.
  • 🧒 Berthold et al. (2020) assigned the genus Ophiophycus Berthold et al. 2020 to this family. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler F, Dail Laughinghouse H. Untangling filamentous marine cyanobacterial diversity from the coast of South Florida with the description of Vermifilaceae fam. nov. and three new genera: Leptochromothrix gen. nov., Ophiophycus gen. nov., and Vermifilum gen nov. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 0:107010.
  • 🧒 Berthold et al. (2020) assigned the genus Vermifilum Berthold et al. 2020 to this family. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler F, Dail Laughinghouse H. Untangling filamentous marine cyanobacterial diversity from the coast of South Florida with the description of Vermifilaceae fam. nov. and three new genera: Leptochromothrix gen. nov., Ophiophycus gen. nov., and Vermifilum gen nov. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 0:107010.
  • 🛺 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.
  • ❗ Vermifilaceae 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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