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Genus Hydroepicoccum
Name: Hydroepicoccum De Notaris 1869
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)
Correct name: Coelosphaerium Nägeli 1849
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Synonyms:
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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)
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Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. 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 "Gomphosphaerioideae". 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 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).
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Hydroepicoccum genuense De Notaris 1869 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 
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Record number: 17957
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