Name: Agmenellum Brébisson 1839

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. dim. n. Agmenellum

Gender: neuter (stem: Agmenell-)

Type species: Agmenellum quadruplicatum (Meneghini 1837) Brébisson 1839

Valid publication: Brébisson A. [Title pending]. Mem. Soc. Acad. Sci., Arts, Bell.-Lett. Falaise 1839; 1839:2.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Brebisson (1839) assigned this genus to the phylum "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Brébisson A. [Title pending]. Mem. Soc. Acad. Sci., Arts, Bell.-Lett. Falaise 1839; 1839:2.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Merismopedioideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Trochiscia Kützing 1834. Publication: Meneghini G. Conspectus algologiae Euganeae. Comentarii di Medicina. Opera Periodica di G.F. Spongia 1837; 4:321-355.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Agmenelium"; "Agmenellium"; "Agmenelum"; "Agmeoellum"; "Agnemellum".

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
    Agmenellum quadruplicatum (Meneghini 1837) Brébisson 1839	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes, 2 - Chroococcales. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1986; 43:157-226.

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Record number: 7689