Name: Crocosphaera Zehr et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

• Notes:
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. 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 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.
  • Full authorship: Zehr, Rachel A.Foster, Waterbury and E.Webb.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • 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 watsonii Zehr et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Masuda T, Inomura K, Mares J, Prasil O. Crocosphaera watsonii. Trends Microbiol 2022; 30:805-806.

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