Name: "Ancyromonas" Kent 1881

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: An.cy.ro.mo.nas. Gr. fem. n. ankyra, anchor; L. fem. n. monas, unit; N.L. fem. n. Ancyromonas

Gender: feminine (stem: Ancyromonad-)

Type species: "Ancyromonas ruminantium" Certes 1889

Original publication: Kent W. A manual of the Infusoria; including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate and tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organisation and affinities of the sponges, Vol. I. David Bogue, London, 1881.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Wenyon CM. Protozoology, Vol.1. Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, London, 1926.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ajicyromonas"; "Ancyromona"; "Ancyromonus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ANMN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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
    "Ancyromonas ruminantium" Certes 1889	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Selenomonadaceae Campbell et al. 2015

Assigned by: Campbell C, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Genome-based taxonomic framework for the class Negativicutes: division of the class Negativicutes into the orders Selenomonadales emend., Acidaminococcales ord. nov. and Veillonellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3203-3215.

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Record number: 651