Name: Achroonema Skuja 1948

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.chro.o.ne’ma. Gr. fem. n. chroa, color; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Achroonema, a thread without color

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Achroonemat-), a-k^hro-o-NE-ma

Type species: Achroonema spiroideum Skuja 1948

Valid publication: Skuja H. Taxonomie des Phytoplanktons einiger Seen in Uppland, Schweden. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 1948; 9:1-399.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Skuja (1948) assigned this genus to the family Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Skuja H. Taxonomie des Phytoplanktons einiger Seen in Uppland, Schweden. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 1948; 9:1-399.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Achmonema"; "Achrooncma"; "Aehroonema"; "Avhroonema".
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably belonging to Bacteria (Thiobacteriae). Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ACNM" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 13

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Achroonema articulatum Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Achroonema gotlandicum Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Achroonema inaequale Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Achroonema lentum Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Achroonema macromeres Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Achroonema minima An 1992	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Achroonema minimum corrig. An 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Achroonema proteiforme Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Achroonema simplex Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Achroonema spiroideum Skuja 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Achroonema splendens Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Achroonema sporogenum Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Achroonema subsalsum Behre 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Pelonemataceae Skuja 1956

Assigned by: Kondratyeva NV. Sino-zeleni vodorosti-Cyanophyta [Blue-green algae - Cyanophyta]. In Viznanik prisnovodnych Vodorostej Ukrajinskoj RSR. Vol. 1(2). Naukova dumka, Kiev, 1968.

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Record number: 8266