Name: Heteroscytonema McGregor and Sendall 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: He.te.ro.scy.to.ne’ma. N.L. neut. n. Heteroscytonema, other Scytonema

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Heteroscytonemat-), he-te-ro-sky-to-NE-ma

Type species: Heteroscytonema crispum (Bornet ex Forti 1907) McGregor and Sendall 2018

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sendall BC, McGregor GB. Cryptic diversity within the Scytonema complex: Characterization of the paralytic shellfish toxin producer Heterosyctonema crispum, and the establishment of the family Heteroscytonemataceae (Cyanobacteria/Nostocales). Harmful Algae 2018; 80:158-170.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Heteroscytonemataceae Sendall and McGregor 2018. Publication: Sendall BC, McGregor GB. Cryptic diversity within the Scytonema complex: Characterization of the paralytic shellfish toxin producer Heterosyctonema crispum, and the establishment of the family Heteroscytonemataceae (Cyanobacteria/Nostocales). Harmful Algae 2018; 80:158-170.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Forti A. Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. V [of De Toni, J.B. "Sylloge Algarum Omnium"]. Sylloge Myxophycearum. Sumptibus auctoris, Patavii, 1907.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Heterosyctonema".
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (McGregor and Sendall) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Sendall and McGregor).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
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
    Heteroscytonema crispum (Bornet ex Forti 1907) McGregor and Sendall 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Heteroscytonemataceae Sendall and McGregor 2018

Assigned by: Sendall BC, McGregor GB. Cryptic diversity within the Scytonema complex: Characterization of the paralytic shellfish toxin producer Heterosyctonema crispum, and the establishment of the family Heteroscytonemataceae (Cyanobacteria/Nostocales). Harmful Algae 2018; 80:158-170.

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Record number: 6378