Name: Actinospongicola Huang et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ac.ti.no.spon.gi’co.la. Gr. fem. n. aktis, a ray, beam (gen. aktînos); L. fem. n. spongia, a sponge; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. Actinospongicola, a beam- or ray-shaped inhabitant of sponges

Pronunciation (Latin): ak-ti-no-spon-GI-ko-la

Type species: Actinospongicola halichondriae Huang et al. 2026

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huang J, Wiese J, Steiner LX, Rahn T, Borchert E, Hentschel U. Genomic characterisation of Actinospongicola halichondriae gen. nov., sp. nov., the first sponge-derived cultivated representative of a new genus within the class Acidimicrobiia. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2025; 118:113. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinospongiicola corrig. Huang et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, inappropriate correction

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Actinospongiicola corrig. Huang et al. 2026. Publication: Huang J, Wiese J, Steiner LX, Rahn T, Borchert E, Hentschel U. Genomic characterisation of Actinospongicola halichondriae gen. nov., sp. nov., the first sponge-derived cultivated representative of a new genus within the class Acidimicrobiia. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2025; 118:113. 🇩🇪
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; LMG: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Actinospongicola halichondriae Huang et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Iamiaceae Kurahashi et al. 2009

Assigned by: Huang J, Wiese J, Steiner LX, Rahn T, Borchert E, Hentschel U. Genomic characterisation of Actinospongicola halichondriae gen. nov., sp. nov., the first sponge-derived cultivated representative of a new genus within the class Acidimicrobiia. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2025; 118:113. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 70279