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Genus Crocosphaera
Name: Crocosphaera Zehr et al. 2019
Etymology: Gr. masc. n. krokos, crocus, orangecolored; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, ball or sphere; N.L. fem. n. Crocosphaera, an orange sphere due to autofluorescence of high urobilin phycoerythrin
Gender: feminine (stem: Crocosphaer-)
Type species: Crocosphaera watsonii Zehr et al. 2019
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Mares J, Johansen JR, Hauer T, Zima JJ, Ventura S, Cuzman O, Tiribilli B, Kastovsky J. Taxonomic resolution of the genus Cyanothece (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), with a treatment on Gloeothece and three new genera, Crocosphaera, Rippkaea, and Zehria. J Phycol 2019; 55:578-610. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Masuda et al. (2022) assigned this genus to the family Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014.
Publication:
Masuda T, Inomura K, Mares J, Prasil O. Crocosphaera watsonii. Trends Microbiol 2022; 30:805-806.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01399 (N = 1).
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Zehr et al.) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Mares et al.).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; CCMP: 1.
- 🧍 Full authorship: Zehr, Rachel A.Foster, Waterbury and E.Webb.
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🧕 Masuda et al. (2022) assigned this genus to the family Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014.
Publication:
Masuda T, Inomura K, Mares J, Prasil O. Crocosphaera watsonii. Trends Microbiol 2022; 30:805-806.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Crocosphaera chwakensis Mareš and Johansen 2019 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Crocosphaera subtropica Mareš and Johansen 2019 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Crocosphaera waterburyi Cleveland et al. 2024 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Crocosphaera watsonii Zehr et al. 2019 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
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: 6361
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