Genus Capillus
Name: Capillus Caires et al. 2018
Etymology: L. masc. n. Capillus, Reference to the macroscopic aspect of the thallus, which has a hair-clusters-like shape.
Gender: masculine (stem: Capill-)
Type species: Capillus salinus Caires et al. 2018
Valid 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. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Capillus aestuarii" (Liebman ex Gomont 1892) Caires et al. 2018 not validly published Capillus salinus Caires et al. 2018 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Capillus tropicalis Caires et al. 2018 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898
Assigned by:
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.
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Record number: 6317
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