Genus "Candidatus Electryonea"

Name: "Candidatus Electryonea" Williams et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: E.lec.try.o.ne’a. N.L. fem. n. Electryonea, genus named after the Greek demi-goddess Electryone, who presides over awakening from sleep, in reference to the pronounced seasonal variation in Antarctica

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Electryone-), e-lek-try-o-NE-a

Type species: "Candidatus Electryonea clarkiae" Williams et al. 2022

Original publication: Williams TJ, Allen MA, Panwar P, Cavicchioli R. Into the darkness: the ecologies of novel 'microbial dark matter' phyla in an Antarctic lake. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2576-2603. 🇦🇺

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

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

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Electryoneaceae" Williams et al. 2022

Assigned by: Williams TJ, Allen MA, Panwar P, Cavicchioli R. Into the darkness: the ecologies of novel 'microbial dark matter' phyla in an Antarctic lake. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2576-2603. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 35717

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