Name: Anathece Komárek et al. 2011

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thêkê; N.L. fem. n. Anathece

Gender: feminine (stem: Anathec-)

Type species: Anathece clathrata (West and West 1906) Komárek et al. 2011

Valid publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Jezberová J. Phylogenetic and taxonomic delimitation of the cyanobacterial genus Aphanothece Nägeli and description of Anathece gen. novum. European Journal of Phycology 2011; 46:315-326.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family "Prochlorococcaceae". 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 type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Aphanothece Nägeli 1849. Publication: West GS, West W. A comparative study of the plankton of some Irish Loughs. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 1906; 33B:77-116.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Anathece bachmannii (Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1994) Komárek et al. 2011	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anathece bacteriosa (Komárek and Komárková-Legnerová 2007) Komárek et al. 2011	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anathece clathrata (West and West 1906) Komárek et al. 2011	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anathece endophytica (West and West 1912) Komárek et al. 2011	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anathece minutissima (West 1912) Komárek et al. 2011	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anathece smithii (Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1994) Komárek et al. 2011	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Anathece stratus (Komárek and Cronberg 2001) Komárek et al. 2011	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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