Name: Cyanospira Florenzano et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.spi’ra. Gr. masc. n. kyanos, a blue dye; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Cyanospira, a blue spiral

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Cyanospir-), ky-a-no-SPI-ra

Type species: Cyanospira capsulata Florenzano et al. 2015

Valid publication: Juráň J, Hauer T, Johansen JR, Krienitz L, McNeill J, Redhead SA, Wiersema JH. Proposal to conserve the name Cyanospira G. Florenz. & al.(Cyanophyceae) against Cyanospira Chodat (Euglenophyceae). Taxon 2015; 64:845-846.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Neocyanospira Molinari and Guiry 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Neocyanospira Molinari and Guiry 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    "Cyanospira" Florenzano et al. 1985	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Neocyanospira Molinari and Guiry 2021. Publication: Molinari-Novoa EA, Mayta LF, Sánchez Ocharan CE, Guiry MD. Nomenclatural notes on algae. I. Replacement names for various algal taxa. Notulae Algarum 2021; 177:1-9.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cvanospira"; "Cyanosfrira"; "Cynospira"; "Eyanospira".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CBFS: 1.
  • 🧍 Later homonym of Cyanospira Chodat 1921 (protozoa, Euglenaceae). Publication: Molinari-Novoa EA, Mayta LF, Sánchez Ocharan CE, Guiry MD. Nomenclatural notes on algae. I. Replacement names for various algal taxa. Notulae Algarum 2021; 177:1-9.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cyanospira capsulata Florenzano et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Cyanospira globosa (Hirano 1963) Komárek 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Nodulariaceae Elenkin 1916

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: 54789