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Genus Aetokthonos
Name: Aetokthonos Wilde and Johansen 2014
Etymology: Ae.to’ktho.nos. N.L. masc. n. Aetokthonos, Eagle killer
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Aetokthon-), a͡e-TO-ktho-nos
Type species: Aetokthonos hydrillicola Wilde and Johansen 2014
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Wilde SB, Johansen JR, Wilde HD, Jiang P, Bartelme BA, Haynie RS. Aetokthonos hydrillicola gen. et sp. nov.: Epiphytic cyanobacteria on invasive aquatic plants implicated in Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy. Phytotaxa 2014; 181:243-260. 
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Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Wilde and Johansen) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Wilde et al.).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 1; US: 1.
- 🧍 Full authorship: Wilde and Johansen.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Aetokthonos hydrillicola Wilde and Johansen 2014 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886
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: 6312
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