Genus Cyanodermatium

Name: Cyanodermatium Geitler 1933

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.der.ma’ti.um. Gr. masc. n. kyanos, a blue dye; Gr. neut. n. derma, skin; N.L. neut. dim. n. Cyanodermatium, organism with a blue skin

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Cyanodermati-), ky-a-no-der-MA-ti-um

Type species: Cyanodermatium gelatinosum Geitler 1933

Valid publication: Geitler L. Diagnosen neuer Blaualgen von den Sunda-Inseln. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1933; 12:622-634.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. 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 Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885. 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: "Anodermatinm"; "Yanodermatinm".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: FCME: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cyanodermatium fluminense (Fritsch 1929) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanodermatium gelatinosum Geitler 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanodermatium gigas (Geitler 1933) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanodermatium gonzaliense corrig. León-Tejera et al. 2003	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cyanodermatium gonzaliensis León-Tejera et al. 2003	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Cyanodermatium violaceum Geitler 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺

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Record number: 6230