Name: Ekhidna Alain et al. 2010

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: E.khid’na. Gr. fem. n. Ekhidna, a sea nymph-dragon of Greek mythology producing slime, referring to the creaminess and smoothness of the colonies [probably better: Echidna]

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine, e-K^HID-na

Type species: Ekhidna lutea Alain et al. 2010

Valid publication: Alain K, Tindall BJ, Catala P, Intertaglia L, Lebaron P. Ekhidna lutea gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from the South East Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2972-2978. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:477-478.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling and illegitimate

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Preferred name: Echidna corrig. Alain et al. 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Echidna corrig. Alain et al. 2010	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Emendations:
  • Garcia-Lopez et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Garcia-Lopez et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Reichenbachiellaceae García-López et al. 2020. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Joung et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Cytophagaceae Stanier 1940 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Joung Y, Kim H, Kang H, Lee BI, Ahn TS, Joh K. Lacihabitans soyangensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Cytophagaceae, isolated from a freshwater reservoir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3188-3194. 🇰🇷
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 1; DSM: 1.
  • 🧍 Later homonym of Echidna Forster 1788 (moray eel). See Rule 62a. — Kostovski M. Personal communication, 2025-12-27.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ekhidna lutea Alain et al. 2010	inaccurate spelling and illegitimate	misspelling

Parent taxon: Reichenbachiellaceae García-López et al. 2020

Assigned by: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

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