Name: Leptothoe Konstantinou and Gkelis 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Leptothoe, The genus name Leptothoe is made up of the Greek words kepsός (leptos)-thin and Θόg (Thoe)-one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of Nereus, sea nymphs of Greek mythology particularly associated with the Aegean Sea

Gender: feminine (stem: Leptotho-)

Type species: Leptothoe sithoniana Konstantinou and Gkelis 2019

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Konstantinou D, Voultsiadou E, Panteris E, Zervou SK, Hiskia A, Gkelis S. Leptothoe, a new genus of marine cyanobacteria (Synechococcales) and three new species associated with sponges from the Aegean Sea. J Phycol 2019; 55:882-897.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Konstantinou et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014. Publication: Konstantinou D, Voultsiadou E, Panteris E, Zervou SK, Hiskia A, Gkelis S. Leptothoe, a new genus of marine cyanobacteria (Synechococcales) and three new species associated with sponges from the Aegean Sea. J Phycol 2019; 55:882-897.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Konstantinou and Gkelis) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Konstantinou et al.).

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Leptothoe kymatousa Konstantinou and Gkelis 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Leptothoe sithoniana Konstantinou and Gkelis 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Leptothoe spongobia Konstantinou and Gkelis 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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: 6518