Name: "Candidatus Kappaea" Williams et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Kap.pae’a. N.L. fem. n. Kappaea, named after Kappa, mythical water creature of Japanese folklore

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Kappae-), kap-PA͡E-a

Type species: "Candidatus Kappaea frigidicola" Williams et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Effective publication: Williams TJ, Allen MA, Berengut JF, Cavicchioli R. Shedding Light on Microbial "Dark Matter": Insights Into Novel Cloacimonadota and Omnitrophota From an Antarctic Lake. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:741077. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Kappaea frigidicola" Williams et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: [Omnitrophota, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 35548