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Genus "Coleonema"
Name: "Coleonema" Duboscq and Grassé 1929
Etymology: Co.le.o.ne’ma. Gr. masc. n. koleos, sheath; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Coleonema, a sheathed thread
Gender: neuter (stem: Coleonemat-)
Type species: "Coleonema pruvotiae" Duboscq and Grassé 1929
Original publication: Duboscq O, Grassé P. II Protistologica XIV, sur quelques protistes d'un calotermes des iles Loyalty. Arch. Zool. Expér. et Gén. 1929; 68:8-15.
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" Schousboe ex Bornet and Thuret 1880 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Xenococcus Thuret 1880 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
- 🙄 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" Schousboe ex Bornet and Thuret 1880.
- 🧍 Homonym of a name that may be regarded as cyanobacterial. Publication: Bornet É, Thuret G. Notes algologiques recueil d'observations sur les algues. Fasc. 2. G. Masson, Paris, 1880.
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: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Coleonema pruvotiae" Duboscq and Grassé 1929 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843
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LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted.
It may or may not mention this taxon name. —
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: 53156
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