Name: Chroococcidium Geitler 1933

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Chroococcidium

Gender: neuter (stem: Chroococcidi-)

Type species: Chroococcidium gelatinosum Geitler 1933

Valid publication: Geitler L. Diagnosen neuer Blaualgen von den Sunda-Inseln. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1933; 12:622-634.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Chroococcidiaceae Geitler 1933. Publication: Geitler L. Diagnosen neuer Blaualgen von den Sunda-Inseln. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1933; 12:622-634.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1933) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcidiaceae Geitler 1933. Publication: Geitler L. Diagnosen neuer Blaualgen von den Sunda-Inseln. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1933; 12:622-634.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Chroococcopsis Geitler 1925. Publication: Bourrelly P. Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome III: Les Algues bleues et rouges. Les Eugléniens, Peridiniens et Cryptomonadines. Boubée & Cie, Paris, 1970.
  • 🧍 Komarek et al. (2014) treated Hyellaceae as synonym of the younger Pleurocapsaceae but assigned this genus to Hyellaceae in the hierarchical classification. Publication: Komárek J, Kastovsky J, Mares J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chroococcidium gelatinosum Geitler 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Hyellaceae Borzi 1914

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: 6225