Name: Cyanosaccus Lukas and Golubić 1981

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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: masculine (stem: Cyanosacc-)

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

• Notes:
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Cranosaccus"; "Cvanosaccus"; "Cyanasaccus"; "Cyanasaceus"; "Cyanosaceus"; "Cyanosarcus"; "Zyanosaccus".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cyanosaccus piriformis Lukas and Golubić 1981	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925

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: 6270