Name: Hormathonema Ercegović 1929

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hor.ma.tho.ne’ma. Gr. masc. n. hormathos, couche, strate; Gr. neut. n. nêma, filament; N.L. neut. n. Hormathonema

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Hormathonemat-), hor-ma-t^ho-NE-ma

Type species: Hormathonema paulocellulare Ercegović 1929

Valid publication: Ercegović A. Sur quelques nouveaux types des Cyanophycées lithophytes de la cote adriatique. Archiv für Protistenkunde 1929; 66:164-174.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Beljakova (2000) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Solentioideae". Publication: Beljakova RN. [Sinopsis of the benthic Cyanophyta flora of the Russian Far-Eastern seas. 2. Chroococcales (Entophysalidaceae, Dermocarpellaceae, Xenococcaceae, Hydrococcaceae)]. Bot. Zhurn. 2000; 85:87-98.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925. 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 subfamily "Solentioideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Solentia Ercegović 1927. Publication: Beljakova RN. De inventione prima Solentiae paulocellularis (Erceg.) Le Campion-Alsumard et Golubić (Cyanophyta) in URSS. Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii 1988; 25:9-12.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Solentia Ercegović 1927. Publication: Le Campion-Alsumard T, Golubić S. Ecological and taxonomic relationships between euendolithic cyanophytes Hormathonema and Solentia. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 1985; 38-39:115-118.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Hommathonema"; "Hormatbonema"; "Hormathomema"; "Hormathoncma"; "Hormathonena"; "Hormatkonema"; "Hormatonema"; "Hormotlganema".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "HRTN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Hormathonema dichotoma" Chu and Wu 1984	not validly published	preferred name
    Hormathonema epilithicum Ercegović 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hormathonema longicellulare Ercegović 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hormathonema luteobrunneum Ercegović 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hormathonema massei Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hormathonema onychoides González Guerrero 1951	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hormathonema paulocellulare Ercegović 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Hormathonema sinensis" Chu and Wu 1984	not validly published	preferred name
    Hormathonema sphaericum Ercegović 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hormathonema violaceonigrum Ercegović 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843

Assigned by: Beljakova RN. [Sinopsis of the benthic Cyanophyta flora of the Russian Far-Eastern seas. 2. Chroococcales (Entophysalidaceae, Dermocarpellaceae, Xenococcaceae, Hydrococcaceae)]. Bot. Zhurn. 2000; 85:87-98.

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