Genus "Actinocephalus"

Name: "Actinocephalus" Kützing 1843

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ac.ti.no.ce’pha.lus. Gr. fem. n. aktis, ray; Gr. fem. n. kephalê, head; N.L. masc. n. Actinocephalus, a head with rays

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Actinocephal-), ak-ti-no-KE-p^ha-lus

Type species: "Actinocephalus partitus" Kützing 1843

Original publication: Kützing FT. Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1843.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. 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.
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Microcoleoideae". 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.
- 💥 This name is a homonym of Actinocephalus Stein, 1848 (botanical); Actinocephalus Thorne, 1967 (zoological); Actinocephalus (Körn.) Sano (botanical) [from Catalogue of Life].
- 🧍 Komarek and Golubic (1990) emphasize that this name is a pre-starting-point synonym. 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Actinocephalus partitus" Kützing 1843	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Assigned by: Drouet F. Revision of the classification of the Oscillatoriaceae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 1968; 15:1-370.

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Genus "Actinocephalus"