Name: Cuspidothrix Rajaniemi et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cus.pi’do.thrix. L. fem. n. cuspis, a point; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Cuspidothrix, a pointed hair

Gender: feminine (stem: Cuspidotrich-)

Type species: Cuspidothrix issatschenkoi (Usachev 1938) Rajaniemi et al. 2005

Valid publication: Rajaniemi P, Komárek J, Willame R, Hrouzek P, Kaštovská K, Hoffmann L, Sivonen K. Taxonomic consequencesfrom the combined molecular and phenotype evaluation of selected Anabaena and Aphanozomenon strains. Archiv für Hydrobiologie/Algological Studies 2005; 117:371-391.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Aphanizomenonaceae Elenkin 1938. 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 Aphanizomenon Morren ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Kondratyeva NV. Sino-zeleni vodorosti-Cyanophyta [Blue-green algae - Cyanophyta]. In Viznanik prisnovodnych Vodorostej Ukrajinskoj RSR. Vol. 1(2). Naukova dumka, Kiev, 1968.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cuspiothrix".
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Rajaniemi, Komárek, Willame, Hrouzek, Kaštovská, Hoffmann and Sivonen 2005.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cuspidothrix capricorni (Cronberg and Komárek 2004) Rajaniemi et al. 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cuspidothrix elenkinii (Kisselev 1951) Rajaniemi et al. 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cuspidothrix issatschenkoi (Usachev 1938) Rajaniemi et al. 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cuspidothrix tropicalis (Horecká and Komárek 1979) Rajaniemi et al. 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cuspidothrix ussaczevii (Proshkina-Lavrenko 1968) Rajaniemi et al. 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cuspidothrix ussatchevii (Proškina-Lavrenko 1968) Rajaniemi et al. 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aphanizomenaceae corrig. Elenkin 1938

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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Record number: 6290