Genus Hydroepicoccum

Name: Hydroepicoccum De Notaris 1869

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hy.droe.pi.coc’cum. Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; Gr. prep. epi, upon (also as adverb); Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed, kernel; N.L. neut. n. Hydroepicoccum, a coccus found on water

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Hydroepicocc-), hy-dro͡e-pi-KOK-kum

Type species: Hydroepicoccum genuense De Notaris 1869

Valid publication: De Notaris G, Baglietto F. Erbario crittogamico italiano pubblicato Ser. 2, Fasc. 4, No. 178. Unknown Publisher, Genova, 1869.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Coelosphaerium Nägeli 1849

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Coelocystis Nägeli 1849	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
Coelosphaerium Nägeli 1849	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily Gomphosphaerioideae (Elenkin 1933) Komárek and Hindák 1988. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Coelosphaerium Nägeli 1849. Publication: Ardissone F, Strafforello J. Enumerazione delle Alghe di Liguria. Tipografia Editrice Lombarda, Milano, 1877.
- ❗ Hydroepicoccum 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
Hydroepicoccum genuense De Notaris 1869	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 17957

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Genus Hydroepicoccum