Name: Halotia Genuário et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo’ti.a. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. fem. n. Halotia, referring to the salinity of the sampling sites, Brazilian mangroves and maritime Antarctica

Gender: feminine (stem: Haloti-)

Type species: Halotia branconii Genuário et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Genuario DB, Vaz MG, Hentschke GS, Sant'Anna CL, Fiore MF. Halotia gen. nov., a phylogenetically and physiologically coherent cyanobacterial genus isolated from marine coastal environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:663-675.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Genuario et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Genuario DB, Vaz MG, Hentschke GS, Sant'Anna CL, Fiore MF. Halotia gen. nov., a phylogenetically and physiologically coherent cyanobacterial genus isolated from marine coastal environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:663-675.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Helotia".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Halotia branconii Genuário et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Halotia longispora Genuário et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Halotia wernerae Genuário et al. 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Nodulariaceae Elenkin 1916

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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