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Genus Cyanosaccus
Name: Cyanosaccus Lukas and Golubić 1981
Etymology: Cy.a.no.sac’cus. L. masc. adj. cyaneus, blue; from Gr. masc. n. kyanos, dark blue; Gr. masc. n. sakkos, sack; N.L. masc. n. Cyanosaccus
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Cyanosacc-), ky-a-no-SAK-kus
Type species: Cyanosaccus piriformis Lukas and Golubić 1981
Valid publication:
Lukas KJ, Golubić S. New endolithic Cyanophytes from the north Atlantic Ocean: I. Cyanosaccus piriformis gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Phycology 1981; 17:224-229. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925.
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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cranosaccus"; "Cvanosaccus"; "Cyanasaccus"; "Cyanasaceus"; "Cyanosaceus"; "Cyanosacrus"; "Cyanosarcus"; "Zyanosaccus".
- 🧍 Komarek et al. (2014) treated Hyellaceae as synonym of the younger Pleurocapsaceae but assigned this genus to Hyellaceae in the hierarchical classification. Publication: Komárek J, Kastovsky J, Mares J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
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🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925.
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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Cyanosaccus aegaeus Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1985 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name "Cyanosaccus atticus" Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1988 not validly published preferred name Cyanosaccus piriformis Lukas and Golubić 1981 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843
Assigned by:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
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Record number: 6270
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