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Genus "Coleonema"
Name: "Coleonema" Schousboe ex Bornet and Thuret 1880
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
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Coleonema" Duboscq and Grassé 1929 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Xenococcus Thuret 1880 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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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: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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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
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Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843
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: 17924
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