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Name: "Brachyarcus" Skuja 1964

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Bra.chy.ar’cus. L. masc. n. arcus, a bow (also as genitive); N.L. masc. n. Brachyarcus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): 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)

  • 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".

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: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

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: 32959