Name: Arthrospira Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. speîra; N.L. fem. n. Arthrospira, a cyanobacterial genus

Gender: feminine (stem: Arthrospir-)

Type species: Arthrospira miniata Stitzenberger ex Gomont 1892

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées) deuxiéme partie -Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Arihrospira"; "Arlhrospira"; "Arthospira"; "Arthraspira"; "Arthrosplra"; "Artrospira"; "Atihrospira".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UTEX: 2; SAG: 1; CCALA: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ARSP" 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: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Arthrospira curta Lemmermann 1908	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Arthrospira erdosensis" Zhang et al. 2022	not validly published
    Arthrospira funiformis Vouk 1915	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Arthrospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Komárek and Lund 1990	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Arthrospira laxissima Setchell 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Arthrospira maxima Setchell and Gardner 1917	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Arthrospira miniata Stitzenberger ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Arthrospira nitrilium" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published
    Arthrospira platensis Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Arthrospira sesilensis" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published

Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae Komárek et al. 2014

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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