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Genus "Cyclospexia"
Name: "Cyclospexia" Walter et al. 2017
Etymology: Cy.clos.pe’xi.a. Gr. masc. n. kyklos, cycle; N.L. fem. n. pexia, fixation (adj. pectic); N.L. fem. n. Cyclospexia, involved in N2 fixation cycle
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Cyclospexi-), ky-klos-PE-ksi-a
Type species: "Cyclospexia valenium" Walter et al. 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Original publication:
Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🧕 Walter et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885.
Publication:
Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132. 🇧🇷
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🧕 Walter et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885.
Publication:
Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Cyclospexia valenium" Walter et al. 2017 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: [Chroococcophyceae, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 26513
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