Name: "Chthonoblastus" Kützing 1843

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chtho.no.blas’tus. Gr. fem. n. chthôn, soil; Gr. masc. n. blastos, bud, shoot; N.L. masc. n. Chthonoblastus, a shoot from the soil

Gender: masculine (stem: Chthonoblast-)

Type species: "Chthonoblastus lyngbyei" Kützing 1843

Original publication: Kützing FT. Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1843.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chfhonohlastus"; "Chihonoblastus"; "Chlhonoblastus"; "Chlhonublastus"; "Chotonoblastus"; "Chthanablastus"; "Chthanoblasfus"; "Chthanoblastus"; "Chthonoblasto"; "Chthonoblastua"; "Chthonoblustus"; "Chthonodlastus"; "Chthonohlastus"; "Chthonoplastus"; "Chthonorlastus"; "Chthouoblastus"; "Chtiioinoblastus"; "Chtlwnoblastus"; "Chtonoblastus"; "Chtonohlastus"; "Clithoiioblastus"; "Clitlionoblastus"; "Ghthonoblastus"; "Ohthonoblastus".
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but pre-starting-point name, used for different genera, mainly from Oscillatoriales. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🧍 See also Hansgirg (1888). Publication: Hansgirg A. Synopsis generum subgenerumque Myxophycearum (Cyanophycearum) hucusque cognitorum cum descriptione generis nov. "Dactylococcopsis". Notarisia 1888; 3:584-590.

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Chthonoblastus bryophilus" Kützing 1843	not validly published	synonym
    "Chthonoblastus lyngbyei" Kützing 1843	not validly published	synonym
    "Chthonoblastus monticola" Kützing 1843	not validly published	preferred name
    "Chthonoblastus salinus" Kützing 1843	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: [Oscillatoriales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 18030