Name: Cymatolege Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: The name comes from the Greek Κυματολήγη (Cymatolege) one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of Nereus, sea nymphs of Greek mythology; N.L. fem. n. Cymatolege, had the power to stop the waves of the sea

Gender: feminine (stem: Cymatoleg-)

Type species: Cymatolege spiroidea Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Konstantinou D, Voultsiadou E, Panteris E, Gkelis S. Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: Novel genera and species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 155:106991.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023. 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.
  • 🧕 Konstantinou et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014. Publication: Konstantinou D, Voultsiadou E, Panteris E, Gkelis S. Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: Novel genera and species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 155:106991.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Konstantinou and Gkelis) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Konstantinou et al.).

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cymatolege isodiametrica Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Cymatolege spiroidea Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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: 12001