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Name: Kyrtuthrix Ercegović 1929

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Kyr’tu.thrix. Gr. masc. adj. kyrtos, curved; Gr. fem. n. thrix, a hair; N.L. fem. n. Kyrtuthrix, a curved hair

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Kyrtutrich-), KYR-tu-thrix

Type species: Kyrtuthrix dalmatica Ercegović 1929

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

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 2023; 59:12-51. 🇨🇿
    • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Brachytrichia Zanardini ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Frémy P. Cyanophycées des côtes d'Europe. Mémoires de la Société Nationale des Sciences Naturelles et Mathématiques de Cherbourg 1934; 41:1-235.
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Kyrluthrix".
    • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: FCME: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺

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Record number: 6216