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.
  • 🧕 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.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • 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 (not correct name)
    Cyanosaccus piriformis Lukas and Golubić 1981	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Hyellaceae Borzi 1914

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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Record number: 6270