Name: Dermocarpa Crouan and Crouan 1858

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Der.mo.car’pa. N.L. fem. n. Dermocarpa, a cyanobacterial genus

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Dermocarp-), der-mo-KAR-pa

Type species: Dermocarpa violacea Crouan and Crouan 1858

Valid publication: Crouan PL, Crouan HM. Note sur quelques algues marines nouvelles de la rade de Brest. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique Quatrième série 1858; 9:69-75.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphaenosiphon Reinsch 1875	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Dermocarpaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Dermocarpales Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the order Dermocarpales Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (1975) assigned this genus to the subfamily Hyelloideae Komárek et al. 1975. Publication: Komárek J, Ludvik J, Pokorny V. Cell structure and endospore formation in the blue-green alga Chroococcidiopsis. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1975; 46:205-223.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Dermocarpellaceae Ginsburg-Ardré ex Christensen 1978. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • 🧒 Hansgirg (1892) assigned the section "Eudermocarpa" to this genus. Publication: Hansgirg A. Prodromus der Algenflora von Böhmen. Zweiter Theil welcher die blaugrünen Algen (Myxophyceen, Cyanophyceen), nebst Nachträgen zum ersten Theile und einer systematischen Bearbeitung der in Böhmen verbreiten saprophytischen Bacterien und Euglenen enhält. Mit dem Opitz-Preise gekrönte Arbeit. Auf Kosten des Opitz-Fondes. Archiv der naturwissenschaftl. Landesdurchforschung von Böhmen VIII. Band, Nro. 4. (Botanische Abtheilung.). F. Řivnáč, Prague, 1892.
  • 🧒 Hansgirg (1892) assigned the section "Xenococcus" to this genus. Publication: Hansgirg A. Prodromus der Algenflora von Böhmen. Zweiter Theil welcher die blaugrünen Algen (Myxophyceen, Cyanophyceen), nebst Nachträgen zum ersten Theile und einer systematischen Bearbeitung der in Böhmen verbreiten saprophytischen Bacterien und Euglenen enhält. Mit dem Opitz-Preise gekrönte Arbeit. Auf Kosten des Opitz-Fondes. Archiv der naturwissenschaftl. Landesdurchforschung von Böhmen VIII. Band, Nro. 4. (Botanische Abtheilung.). F. Řivnáč, Prague, 1892.
  • 🧒 Hansgirg (1893) assigned the section Xenococcus (Thuret 1880) Hansgirg 1893 to this genus. Publication: Hansgirg A. Physiologische und Phycophytologische Untersuchungen. Taussig, Prag, 1893.
  • 🧒 Hansgirg (1893) assigned the section "Eudermocarpa" to this genus. Publication: Hansgirg A. Physiologische und Phycophytologische Untersuchungen. Taussig, Prag, 1893.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Cyanocystis Borzì 1882. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes, 2 - Chroococcales. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1986; 43:157-226.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Darmocarpa"; "Dcrmocarpa"; "Democarpa"; "Dermacarpa"; "Dermcarpa"; "Dermecarpa"; "Dermocama"; "Dermocapa"; "Dermocarga"; "Dermocariza"; "Dermocarpaa"; "Dermocatpa"; "Dermocavpa"; "Dermocerpa"; "Dermocnrpa"; "Dermocorpa"; "Dermocuarpa"; "Dermocurpa"; "Dermoearpa"; "Dermogarpa"; "Dermooarpa"; "Dermorarpa"; "Dermotarpa"; "Derniocarpa"; "Dernmearpa"; "Dertmocarpa"; "Dervmocarpa"; "Devmocarpa"; "Oermocarpa".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UC: 5.
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably nomen ambiguum (type is mixture of different species from different genera); Komárek et Anagnostidis (1986). Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "DMOC" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 25
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 60
Total number of child taxa: 66

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dermocarpa acervata (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Pham hoang 1969	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa algarvensis (Ardré 1960) Halperín 1970	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa aquaedulcis (Reinsch 1875) Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa biscayensis Sauvageau 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa caldaria (Tilden 1898) Drouet 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa cavanillesiana González Guerrero 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa chaetomorphae (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Silva 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa chamaesiphonoides Geitler 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa cladophorae (Tilden 1900) Silva 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa clavata (Setchell and Gardner 1930) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa cuspidata (Reinsch 1875) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa depressa West and West 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa elliptica Skvortzov 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Dermocarpa enteromorphae" Anand 1936	not validly published	synonym
    Dermocarpa enteromorphae Anand 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa farlowii Børgesen 1902	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa flahaultii Sauvageau 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa fossae Fjerdingstad 1950	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa fucicola Saunders 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa gaditana González Guerrero 1947	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa gardneriana Drouet 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa hemisphaerica Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa hollenbergii Drouet 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa incrassata (Lemmermann 1907) Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa incrustans (Reinsch 1875) Holmes 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa kerneri (Hansgirg 1887) Hansgirg 1893	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa laysanensis (Lemmermann 1905) Silva 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa leibleiniae (Reinsch 1875) Bornet and Thuret 1880	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa marchantae Setchell and Gardner 1924	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Dermocarpa marchantiae corrig. Setchell and Gardner 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa minima Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa minuta Drouet 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa olivacea corrig. (Reinsch 1875) Tilden 1910	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa olivaceus (Reinsch 1875) Tilden 1910	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Dermocarpa orbicularis Miranda 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa pacifica Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa parva (Conrad 1914) Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa plectonematis Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa prasina (Reinsch 1875) Bornet and Thuret 1880	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa protea Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Dermocarpa pseudoxenococcoides" Bourrelly 1952	not validly published	synonym
    Dermocarpa pyriformis (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Kaas 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa reinschii Setchell and Gardner 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa rosea (Reinsch 1875) Batters 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa rostrata Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa schousboei (Thuret 1880) Bornet 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa setchellii Drouet 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa simulans Setchell and Gardner 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa smaragdina corrig. (Reinsch 1875) Tilden 1910	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa smaragdinus (Reinsch 1875) Tilden 1910	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Dermocarpa solheimii Drouet 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa solitaria Collins and Hervey 1917	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa sorediformis (Reinsch 1874) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa sphaerica Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa sphaeroidea Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa sphagnicola (Maillefer 1906) Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa strangulata Sauvageau 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa sublitoralis Lindstedt 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa suecica Kylin 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa suffulta Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Dermocarpa valiaeallorgei" Bourrelly 1952	not validly published	synonym
    Dermocarpa versicolor (Borzì 1882) Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa vickersiae Collins 1911	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dermocarpa violacea Crouan and Crouan 1858	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa willei (Gardner 1927) Silva 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Dermocarpa xenococcoides Geitler 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Dermocarpaceae Geitler 1925

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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