Genus "Arhinema"

Name: "Arhinema" Walter et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ar.hi.ne’ma. Gr. adj. arhi, the former, early; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Arhinema, another filament

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Arhinemat-), ar-hi-NE-ma

Type species: "Arhinema longislandicus" Walter et al. 2017

Original publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132. 🇧🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Nodosilinea Perkerson and Casamatta 2011

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nodosilinea Perkerson and Casamatta 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Aleksovski et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the class Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953. Publication: Aleksovski B, Krstić S, Guiry MD. The names of phyla and classes of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria, cyanophytes) and a typified name: Cyanobacteriophyta Oren, Mareš et Rippka. Fottea 2025; 25:212-217. 🇮🇪
  • 🧕 Walter et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885. Publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132. 🇧🇷
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Nodosilinea Perkerson and Casamatta 2011. Publication: Perkerson Iii RB, Johansen JR, Kovacik L, Brand J, Kastovsky J, Casamatta DA. A UNIQUE PSEUDANABAENALEAN (CYANOBACTERIA) GENUS NODOSILINEA GEN. NOV. BASED ON MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR DATA(1). J Phycol 2011; 47:1397-1412. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: PCC: 1; UTEX: 1.
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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
    "Arhinema longislandicus" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Nodosilineaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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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