Name: Hyellococcus Schmidle 1905

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hy.el.lo.coc’cus. N.L. fem. dim. n. Hyella, a cyanobacterial genus; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed, kernel; N.L. masc. n. Hyellococcus, probably meaning a coccus-shaped Hyella

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Hyellococc-), hy-el-lo-KOK-kus

Type species: Hyellococcus niger Schmidle 1905

Valid publication: Schmidle W. Algologische Notizen. Allg. Bot. Ztschr. 1905; 11:63-65.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Hyellococeus"; "Hyelococcus".

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
    Hyellococcus niger Schmidle 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chamaesiphonaceae Borzì 1878

Assigned by: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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Record number: 17861