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Genus "Brachyarcus"
Name: "Brachyarcus" Skuja 1964
Etymology: Bra.chy.ar’cus. L. masc. n. arcus, a bow (also as genitive); N.L. masc. n. Brachyarcus
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Brachyarc-), bra-khy-AR-kus
Type species: "Brachyarcus thiophilus" Skuja 1964
Original publication: Skuja H. Grundzüge der Algenflora und Algenvegetation der Fjeldgegenden um Abisko in Schwedisch-Lappland. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis Series 4 1964; 18:1-465.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
- 🧕 Skuja (1964) assigned this genus to the family Thiocapsaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Skuja H. Grundzüge der Algenflora und Algenvegetation der Fjeldgegenden um Abisko in Schwedisch-Lappland. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis Series 4 1964; 18:1-465.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bravhyarcus".
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 "Brachyarcus thiophilus" Skuja 1964 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 
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Record number: 32959
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