Name: Dactylococcopsis Hansgirg 1888

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Dac.ty.lo.cocc.op’sis. N.L. masc. n. Dactylococcus, a green alga genus; Gr. fem. n. opsis, aspect, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Dactylococcopsis, that which appears similar to Dactylococcus

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Dactylococcopsid-), dak-ty-lo-kokk-OP-sis

Type species: Dactylococcopsis rupestris Hansgirg 1888

Valid publication: Hansgirg A. Synopsis generum subgenerumque Myxophycearum (Cyanophycearum) hucusque cognitorum cum descriptione generis nov. " Dactylococcopsis ". Notarisia 1888; 3:584-590.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family "Cyanobacteriaceae". Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧕 Starmach (1966) assigned this genus to the family "Coccobactreaceae" Elenkin 1933. Publication: Starmach K. Cyanophyta-Sinice. Glaucophyta-Glaukofity. In: Starmach K (eds), Flora slodkowodna Polski. Band 2, Panstwowe Wydawnietwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1966, p. 807.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aetglococcopsis"; "Dacetylococcopsis"; "Dacfylococcopsis"; "Daciylococcopsis"; "Daciylococeopsis"; "Daclylococcopsis"; "Dacrylococcopsis"; "Dactglacoccopsis"; "Dactglococcopsis"; "Dactilococcopsis"; "Dactjlocorcopsis"; "Dactvlococcopsis"; "Dactyalococcapsis"; "Dactyiococcopsis"; "Dactylecoccopsis"; "Dactylocaccopsis"; "Dactyloccopsis"; "Dactyloceccopsis"; "Dactylococcapsis"; "Dactylococcomis"; "Dactylococcopis"; "Dactylococcorsis"; "Dactylococcposis"; "Dactylococeopsis"; "Dactylococopsis"; "Dactyloeoecopsis"; "Dactylomccopsis"; "Dactymcoccopsis"; "Dacylococcopsis"; "Dacytylococcopsis"; "Daectylococcopsis"; "Daetylococcopsis"; "Daetyloeoceopsis"; "Dastylococcopsis"; "Dectylococcopsis"; "Diletylococcopsis"; "Doxtylococcopsis"; "Ductylococcopsis"; "Pactylococcopsis".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: PCC: 1; CCAP: 1.
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably green algae from the genera Monoraphidium and Ankistrodesmus (Chlorellales, Chlorophyceae). Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧍 Lectotype was designated by Gardner (1932). Publication: Gardner NL. The Myxophyceae of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Volume VIII. Part 2, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 1932, p. 249-311.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 18
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 26
Total number of child taxa: 32

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dactylococcopsis acicularis Lemmermann 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis africana West 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis alaskana Kol 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis antarctica Fritsch 1912	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis arcuata Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis caucasica Kiss 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis echini Rosenvinge 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis elenkinii Roll 1928	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Dactylococcopsis ellipsoidea" corrig. (Schröder 1917) Teiling 1946	not validly published	synonym
    "Dactylococcopsis ellipsoideus" (Schröder 1917) Teiling 1946	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Dactylococcopsis fascicularis Lemmermann 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis ferruginea (Wawrik 1963) Hindák 1975	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Dactylococcopsis halotolerans" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    Dactylococcopsis hirudiformis (West 1912) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dactylococcopsis hungarica Kol 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dactylococcopsis irregularis Smith 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis linearis Geitler 1935	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dactylococcopsis magna Bharadwaja 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis montana West and West 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis mucicola Hustedt 1909	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis pannonica corrig. Hortobágyi 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis pannonicus Hortobágyi 1943	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Dactylococcopsis pectinatellophila West 1911	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis planctonica Teiling 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dactylococcopsis rhaphidioides Hansgirg 1888	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis rupestris Hansgirg 1888	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Dactylococcopsis salina" Walsby et al. 1983	not validly published	synonym
    Dactylococcopsis scenedesmoides Nygaard 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dactylococcopsis smithii Chodat and Chodat 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dactylococcopsis tenuissima corrig. Behre 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dactylococcopsis tenuissimus Behre 1956	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Dactylococcopsis woltereckii Behre 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.

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Record number: 7701