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Genus "Candidatus Finniella"
Name: "Candidatus Finniella" Hess et al. 2016
Etymology: Fin.ni.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Finniella, pertaining to Finland, referring to the ‘Finnish spirit’ present during the characterization of the taxon
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Finniell-), fin-ni-EL-la
Type species: "Candidatus Finniella lucida" Hess et al. 2016
Effective publication:
Hess S, Suthaus A, Melkonian M. "Candidatus Finniella" (Rickettsiales, Alphaproteobacteria), Novel Endosymbionts of Viridiraptorid Amoeboflagellates (Cercozoa, Rhizaria). Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:659-670. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Falniella".
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: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Finniella dimorpha" Boscaro et al. 2019 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Finniella inopinata" Hess et al. 2016 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Finniella lucida" Hess et al. 2016 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Paracaedibacteraceae" Hess et al. 2016
Assigned by:
Hess S, Suthaus A, Melkonian M. "Candidatus Finniella" (Rickettsiales, Alphaproteobacteria), Novel Endosymbionts of Viridiraptorid Amoeboflagellates (Cercozoa, Rhizaria). Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:659-670. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 21764
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