Name: Kaarinaea Saraf et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Kaa.ri.nae’a. N.L. fem. n. Kaarinaea, named in honor of Prof. Kaarina Sivonen for her immense contribution to the field of cya nobacterial research

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Kaarinae-), kaa-ri-NA͡E-a

Type species: Kaarinaea lacus Saraf et al. 2025

Effective publication: Saraf A, Blondet E, Boullié A, Criscuolo A, Gugger M. Insight on the heterocyte patterning and the proheterocyte division in the toxic cyanobacterium Kaarinaea lacus gen. nov., sp. nov., and its genomic potential for natural products. Harmful Algae 2025; 142:102792.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Karrinaea".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: PCC: 1; UHCC: 1.

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
    Kaarinaea lacus Saraf et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nodulariaceae Elenkin 1916

Assigned by: Saraf A, Blondet E, Boullié A, Criscuolo A, Gugger M. Insight on the heterocyte patterning and the proheterocyte division in the toxic cyanobacterium Kaarinaea lacus gen. nov., sp. nov., and its genomic potential for natural products. Harmful Algae 2025; 142:102792.

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Record number: 56456