Name: Aegeococcus Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ae.ge.o.coc’cus. Gr. masc. adj. aigaios, Aegean, referring to the Aegean Sea; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Aegeococcus, a coccus from the Aegean Sea

Gender: masculine (stem: Aegeococc-)

Type species: Aegeococcus anagnostidisii corrig. Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Konstantinou D, Voultsiadou E, Panteris E, Gkelis S. Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: Novel genera and species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 155:106991.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Aegeococcaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023. 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.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Aegeococcales Strunecký and Mareš 2023. 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.
  • 🧕 Konstantinou et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. Publication: Konstantinou D, Voultsiadou E, Panteris E, Gkelis S. Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: Novel genera and species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 155:106991.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the order Aegeococcales Strunecký and Mareš 2023. 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.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Konstantinou and Gkelis) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Konstantinou et al.).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aegeococcus anagnostidisi Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Aegeococcus anagnostidisii corrig. Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aegeococcus thureti Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Aegeococcus thuretii corrig. Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aegeococcaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 11728