Name: Croatella Ercegović 1925

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cro.a.tel.la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Croatella

Gender: feminine (stem: Croatell-)

Type species: Croatella lithophila Ercegović 1925

Valid publication: Ercegovic A. Litofitska vegetacija vapnenaca i dolomita u Hrvatskoj. Acta Botanica Instituti Botanici Regalis Universitatis Zagrebensis 1925; 10:64-114.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Hauer et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Tolypotrichaceae corrig. Hauer et al. 2014. Publication: Hauer T, Bohunicka M, Johansen JR, Mares J, Berrendero-Gomez E. Reassessment of the cyanobacterial family Microchaetaceae and establishment of new families Tolypothrichaceae and Godleyaceae. J Phycol 2014; 50:1089-1100.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily Tolypotrichoideae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1989. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Scytonemataceae corrig. Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. 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 Tolypothrix Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Cratella".

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
    Croatella lithophila Ercegović 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.

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Record number: 17969