Genus "Candidatus Aurora"
Name: "Candidatus Aurora" Grettenberger et al. 2020
Etymology: Au’ro.ra. L. fem. n. Aurora, the goddess of the dawn in Roman mythology, referring to the organism preference for inhabiting high latitude locations with low light
Gender: feminine (stem: Auror-)
Type species: "Candidatus Aurora vandensis" Grettenberger et al. 2020
Original publication:
Grettenberger CL, Sumner DY, Wall K, Brown CT, Eisen JA, Mackey TJ, Hawes I, Jospin G, Jungblut AD. A phylogenetically novel cyanobacterium most closely related to Gloeobacter. ISME J 2020; 14:2142-2152. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.
Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling
Correct name: "Candidatus Cyanaurora" corrig. Grettenberger et al. 2020
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Cyanaurora" corrig. Grettenberger et al. 2020 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Aurora vandensis" Grettenberger et al. 2020 inaccurate spelling
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Parent taxon: [Cyanophyceae, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 23187
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