Name: Arthronema Komárek and Lukavský 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ar.thro.ne’ma. Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Arthronema, a jointed thread

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Arthronemat-), ar-t^hro-NE-ma

Type species: Arthronema africanum (Schwabe and Simonsen 1961) Komárek and Lukavský 1988

Valid publication: Komárek J, Lukavský J. Arthronema, a new cyanophytegenus from Afro-Asian deserts. Algological Studies 1988; 50-53:249-267.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Microchaetaceae Lemmermann 1907. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014. 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 Pseudanabaena Lauterborn 1915. Publication: Schwabe GH, Simonsen R. Cyanophyceen und Diatomeen aus der Krateroase Wau en-Namus (Fezzan, Zentrale Sahara). Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie 1961; 46:255-268.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Arihronema"; "Arthronerna"; "Arthronrma"; "Arthronwna".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Arthronema" Hassall 1845.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BRY: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Arthronema africanum (Schwabe and Simonsen 1961) Komárek and Lukavský 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Arthronema gygaxiana Casamatta and Johansen 2005	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Arthronema gygaxianum corrig. Casamatta and Johansen 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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Record number: 6251