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Genus Cyanosarcina
Name: Cyanosarcina Kováčik 1988
Etymology: Cy.a.no.sar’ci.na. Gr. masc. n. kyanos, a blue dye; L. fem. n. sarcina, a package; N.L. fem. n. Cyanosarcina, a blue package
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Cyanosarcin-), ky-a-no-SAR-ki-na
Type species: Cyanosarcina fontana Kováčik 1988
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Kovácik L. Cell division in simple coccal cyanophytes. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement Volumes 1988; 50:149-190.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cwmosarcina"; "Cyannsarcina"; "Cyanomrcina"; "Cycmosarcina".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BISH: 1; CCALA: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 13
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Cyanosarcina atroveneta Johansen and Flechtner 2008 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanosarcina burmensis (Skuja 1949) Kováčik 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanosarcina chroococcoides (Geitler 1928) Kováčik 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanosarcina fontana Kováčik 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanosarcina gelatinosa (Emoto and Yoneda 1941) Kováčik 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanosarcina huebeliorum Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanosarcina littoralis (Schwabe 1944) Kováčik 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanosarcina parthenonensis Anagnostidis 1991 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanosarcina radialis Miscoe et al. 2016 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanosarcina regularis (Geitler and Ruttner 1936) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanosarcina spectabilis (Geitler 1933) Kováčik 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanosarcina thalassia Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1991 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Cyanosarcina thermalis (Hindák 1978) Kováčik 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name in need of a replacement
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Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863
Assigned by:
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. 
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Record number: 6505
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