Name: Leucothrix Örsted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Leucothrix, type genus
Gender: feminine (stem: Leucotrich-)
Type species: Leucothrix mucor Örsted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Effective publication: Örsted AS. De Regionibus marinis. Elementa Topographiae Historiconaturalis Freti Oeresund. Inaugural Dissertation. J.C. Scharling, Copenhagen, 1844.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Leucothrix arctica Baek et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leucothrix mucor Örsted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leucothrix pacifica Zhang et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leucothrix sargassi Liu et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Leucothrix thiophila" Dul'tseva et al. 1996 | not validly published |
Parent taxon: Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Boden R, Scott KM. Evaluation of the genus Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Aruga et al. 2002: reclassification of Thiothrix disciformis to Thiolinea disciformis gen. nov., comb. nov., and of Thiothrix flexilis to Thiofilum flexile gen. nov., comb nov., with emended description of Thiothrix. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2226-2239.
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Record number: 18131