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Name: "Arthrotilum" Rabenhorst 1865

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ar.thro.ti’lum. Gr. neut. n. arthron, a joint; Gr. masc. n. tîlos, down, fine hair; N.L. neut. n. Arthrotilum, probably meaning jointed fine hair [incorrectly formed: should be masculine: tilos]

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Arthrotil-), ar-thro-TI-lum

Type species: "Arthrotilum papillosum" Rabenhorst 1865

Original publication: Rabenhorst L. Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio II. Algas phycochromaceas complectens. Apud Eduardum Kummerum, Lipsiae, 1865.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

  • Notes:
    • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Homoeotrichaceae Elenkin 1949. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
    • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Homoeotrichoideae". Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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

Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 17845