Genus Limnococcus

Name: Limnococcus (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1999) Komárková et al. 2010

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Lim.no.coc’cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. Limnococcus, a coccus-shaped organism from a lake

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Limnococc-), lim-no-KOK-kus

Type species: Limnococcus limneticus (Lemmermann 1898) Komárková et al. 2010

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Komárková J, Jezberová J, Komárek O, Zapomělová E. Variability of Chroococcus (Cyanobacteria) morphospecies with regard to phylogenetic relationships. Hydrobiologia 2010; 639:69-83. 🇨🇿

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Cyanotrichaceae corrig. Kisselew 1947. 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 Chroococcus Nägeli 1849. Publication: Lemmermann E. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Planktonalgen. II. Beschreibung neuer Formen. Botanisches Centralblatt 1898; 76:150-156.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Anacystis Meneghini 1837. Publication: Drouet F, Daily WA. A synopsis of the coccoid Myxophyceae. Butler University Botanical Studies 1952; 10:220-223.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Zlimucoccus".

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
    Limnococcus fonticola Wang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Limnococcus limneticus (Lemmermann 1898) Komárková et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: Wang Y, Jia N, Geng R, Yu G, Li R. Phylogenetic insights into chroococcus-like taxa (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), describing Cryptochroococcus tibeticus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Limnococcus fonticola sp. nov. from Qinghai-Tibet plateau. J Phycol 2021; 57:1739-1748. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 6386