Name: Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Xenococcaceae, the Xenococcus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Xenococcus Thuret 1880

Valid publication: Ercegovic A. Ekoloske i socioloske studije o litofitskim cijanoficejama sa jugoslovenske obale Jadrana. Rad Jugoslovenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti Zagreb 1932; 244:129-220.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Chroococcales Schaffner 1922. 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 Chroococcidiopsis Geitler 1933 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 Chroococcopsis Geitler 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 Myxosarcina Printz 1921 to this family. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 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.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Epilithia Ercegović 1932	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Foliisarcina Alvarenga et al. 2016	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Xenococcus Thuret 1880	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Xenotholos Gold-Morgan et al. 1994	validly published under the ICN	correct name

Parent taxon: Pleurocapsales Geitler 1925

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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