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Genus Limnococcus
Name: Limnococcus (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1999) Komárková et al. 2010
Etymology: Lim.no.coc.cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. Limnococcus, a cyanobacterial genus
Gender: masculine (stem: Limnococc-)
Type species: Limnococcus limneticus (Lemmermann 1898) Komárková et al. 2010
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
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Notes:
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🧕 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".
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🧕 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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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
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
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Record number: 6386
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