Genus Capilliphycus

Name: Capilliphycus Caires et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Capilliphycus, (botanical tradition treats gender of phycus as masculine)

Gender: masculine (stem: Capilliphyc-)

Type species: Capilliphycus salinus (Caires et al. 2018) Caires et al. 2019

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Caires TA, Sant'Anna CL, Nunes JM. [Title pending]. Notulae algarum 2019; 95:1.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Capillus Caires et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name

Notes:
- 🧕 Berthold et al. (2022) assigned this genus to the family Sirenicapillariaceae Berthold et al. 2022. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20.
- 🧕 Caires et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Caires TA, Sant'Anna CL, Nunes JM. [Title pending]. Notulae algarum 2019; 95:1.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Capillus Caires et al. 2018. Publication: Caires TA, Lyra GM, Hentschke GS, da Silva AMS, de Araújo VL, Sant'Anna CL, Nunes JMC. Polyphasic delimitation of a filamentous marine genus, Capillus gen. nov. (Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoriaceae) with the description of two Brazilian species. Algae 2018; 33:291-304.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Capilliphycus flaviceps Lefler et al. 2022	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Capilliphycus guerandense Lefler et al. 2022	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
Capilliphycus guerandensis corrig. Lefler et al. 2022	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Capilliphycus salinus (Caires et al. 2018) Caires et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Capilliphycus tropicalis (Caires et al. 2018) Caires et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

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

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.

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Record number: 37903

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