Genus "Leptodesmis"

Name: "Leptodesmis" Raabová et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. leptos, refers to thin or frail; Gr. fem. dim. n. desmis, means chain; N.L. fem. dim. n. Leptodesmis

Gender: feminine (stem: Leptodesmid-)

Type species: "Leptodesmis paradoxa" Raabová et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Raabová L, Kováčik L, Elster J, Strunecký O. Review of the genus Phormidesmis (Cyanobacteria) based on environmental, morphological, and molecular data with description of a new genus Leptodesmis. Phytotaxa 2019; 395:1-16. 🇸🇰

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Leptodemis"; "Leptodesmia".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: FACHB: 1; CCALA: 1; CBFS: 1; BACA: 1.
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Raabová, Kováčik, Elster and Strunecký 2019.

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: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Leptodesmis alaskaensis" Strunecký et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    "Leptodesmis atroviridis" Shen et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Leptodesmis fuscus" Shen et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Leptodesmis lacustris" Luz et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Leptodesmis olivacea" Shen et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Leptodesmis pahoaensis" Sudianto et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    "Leptodesmis paradoxa" Raabová et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    "Leptodesmis sichuanensis" Tang et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    "Leptodesmis undulata" Shen et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Raabová L, Kováčik L, Elster J, Strunecký O. Review of the genus Phormidesmis (Cyanobacteria) based on environmental, morphological, and molecular data with description of a new genus Leptodesmis. Phytotaxa 2019; 395:1-16. 🇸🇰

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Record number: 6289