Name: Haliarachne Lemmermann 1899

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Haliarachne

Gender: feminine (stem: Haliarachn-)

Type species: Haliarachne lenticularis Lemmermann 1899

Valid publication: Lemmermann E. Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific (H. Schauinsland 1896/97.). Planktonalgen. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 1899; 16:313-398.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pelagothrix Schmidt 1902	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name
    "Trichodesmium" Ehrenberg 1830	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Phormidioideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komarek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes - 3 - Oscillatoriales. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1988; 80, 1-4:327-472.
  • ❗ Haliarachne is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Haliarachne lenticularis Lemmermann 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.

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