Name: Katagnymene Lemmermann 1899

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Kat.a.gny.me’ne. Gr. ind. v. katagnymi, to break; N.L. fem. n. Katagnymene, the broken one

Gender, pronunciation: feminine, kat-a-n͡gny-ME-ne

Type species: Katagnymene pelagica Lemmermann 1899

Valid publication: Lemmermann E. Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific. (H. Schauinsland 1896/97.) Planktonalgen. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 1899; 16:313-398.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Elenkin (1949) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1949.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Katagnymene maharashtrensis Ashtekar and Kamat 1979	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Katagnymene mucigera Compère et al. 1979	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Katagnymene palustris West 1909	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Katagnymene pelagica Lemmermann 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Katagnymene saxicola (Filarszky 1900) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Katagnymene spiralis Lemmermann 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Katagnymene spirulinoides An 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Gomontiellaceae Elenkin ex Geitler 1942

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.

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Record number: 6266