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Genus Croatella
Name: Croatella Ercegović 1925
Etymology: Cro.a.tel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Croatella, named after the country Croatia
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Croatell-), kro-a-TEL-la
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
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Notes:
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🧕 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 family Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🧕 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.
- 🚋 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cratella".
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🧕 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Croatella lithophila Ercegović 1925 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886
Assigned by:
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.
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Record number: 17969
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