Name: Kyrtuthrix Ercegović 1929

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: kyrtûn, plier; Gr. fem. n. thrix, poil; N.L. fem. n. Kyrtuthrix

Gender: feminine (stem: Kyrtutrich-)

Type species: Kyrtuthrix dalmatica Ercegović 1929

Valid publication: Ercegović A. Sur quelques nouveaux types des Cyanophycées lithophytes de la cote adriatique. Archiv für Protistenkunde 1929; 66:164-174.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Kyrluthrix".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Kyrtuthrix dalmatica Ercegović 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Kyrtuthrix maculans (Gomont 1901) Umezaki 1958	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae Frank 1886

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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Record number: 6216