Genus Cephalothrix

Name: Cephalothrix Malone et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ce.pha’lo.thrix. Gr. fem. n. kephalê, head; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Cephalothrix, hair-like capitate organism

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Cephalotrich-), ke-P^HA-lo-t^hrix

Type species: Cephalothrix komarekiana Malone et al. 2015

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: da Silva Malone CF, Rigonato J, Laughinghouse HD, Schmidt EC, Bouzon ZL, Wilmotte A, Fiore MF, Sant'Anna CL. Cephalothrix gen. nov. (Cyanobacteria): towards an intraspecific phylogenetic evaluation by multilocus analyses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2993-3007. 🇧🇷

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Malone et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: da Silva Malone CF, Rigonato J, Laughinghouse HD, Schmidt EC, Bouzon ZL, Wilmotte A, Fiore MF, Sant'Anna CL. Cephalothrix gen. nov. (Cyanobacteria): towards an intraspecific phylogenetic evaluation by multilocus analyses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2993-3007. 🇧🇷
  • 🧕 Moretto et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the order Aerosakkonematales Lefler et al. 2024. Publication: Moretto JA, Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Huang IS, Laughinghouse HD. Floridanema gen. nov. (Aerosakkonemataceae, Aerosakkonematales ord. nov., Cyanobacteria) from benthic tropical and subtropical fresh waters, with the description of four new species. J Phycol 2025; 61:91-107. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: SP: 2; CBFS: 1.
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Cephalothrix Örsted, 1843 (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Da Silva Malone, Rigonato, Laughinghouse, Schmidt, Bouzon, Wilmotte, Fiore and Sant'Anna 2015.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cephalothrix alaskaensis Strunecký et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cephalothrix komarekiana Malone et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cephalothrix lacustris Malone et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aerosakkonemataceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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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