Name: "Coleonema" Schousboe ex Bornet and Thuret 1880

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Co.le.o.ne’ma. N.L. neut. n. Coleonema, a sheathed thread

Gender: neuter (stem: Coleonemat-)

Type species: "Coleonema areniferum" corrig. Schousboe ex Bornet and Thuret 1880

Original publication: Bornet É, Thuret G. Notes algologiques recueil d'observations sur les algues. Fasc. 2. G. Masson, Paris, 1880.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Xenococcus Thuret 1880

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Xenococcus Thuret 1880	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Coleonema" Duboscq and Grassé 1929	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Dermocarpaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932. 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.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Xenococcus Thuret 1880. Publication: Bornet É, Thuret G. Notes algologiques recueil d'observations sur les algues. Fasc. 2. G. Masson, Paris, 1880.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Coceonema"; "Culeonema".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Coleonema" Duboscq and Grassé 1929.
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Coleonema Bartl. and H.L.Wendl. (botanical) [from Catalogue of Life].

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Coleonema arenifera" Schousboe ex Bornet and Thuret 1880	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Coleonema areniferum" corrig. Schousboe ex Bornet and Thuret 1880	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 17924