Name: "Candidatus Amphrikana" Davison and Hurst 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Amphrikana, Amphri after Amphritrite Queen of the Sea, which roughly translates to “the surrounding three” and echoes its marine host Amoebophyra, which is a parasite of free-living dinoflagellates and originates from the ocean. The suffix "-kana" was chosen after the type genus for the family Simkaniaceae, Simkania

Gender: feminine (stem: Amphrikan-)

Type species: "Candidatus Amphrikana amoebophyrae" Davison and Hurst 2023

Original publication: Davison HR, Hurst GDD. Hidden from plain sight: Novel Simkaniaceae and Rhabdochlamydiaceae diversity emerging from screening genomic and metagenomic data. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126468.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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
    "Candidatus Amphrikana amoebophyrae" Davison and Hurst 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Simkaniaceae Everett et al. 1999

Assigned by: Davison HR, Hurst GDD. Hidden from plain sight: Novel Simkaniaceae and Rhabdochlamydiaceae diversity emerging from screening genomic and metagenomic data. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126468.

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Record number: 41295