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Genus Limnoraphis
Name: Limnoraphis Komárek et al. 2013
Etymology: Lim.no’ra.phis. Gr. fem. n. limnê, lake; Gr. fem. n. rhaphis, needle; N.L. fem. n. Limnoraphis, a needle from a lake
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Limnoraphid-), lim-NO-ra-phis
Type species: Limnoraphis robusta (Parukutty 1940) Komárek et al. 2013
Valid publication:
Komárek J, Zapomělová E, Šmarda J, Kopecký J, Rejmánková E, Woodhouse J, Neilan BA, Komárková J. Polyphasic evaluation of Limnoraphis robusta, a water-bloom forming cyanobacterium from Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, with a description of Limnoraphis gen. nov. Fottea 2013; 13:39-52. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Berthold et al. (2022) assigned this genus to the family Sirenicapillariaceae Berthold et al. 2022.
Publication:
Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20. 🇺🇸
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. 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. 🇨🇿
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892.
Publication:
Komárek J, Komárková-Legnerová J. Several rare freshwater planktic Cyanobacteria (Cyanoprokaryotes) from reservoirs in South America. Hoehnea 2007; 34:49-58. 🇨🇿
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 1; BRNM: 1.
- 🧍 Full authorship: Komárek, Zapomělová, Šmarda, Kopecký, Rejmánková, Woodhouse, Neilan and Komárková 2013.
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🧕 Berthold et al. (2022) assigned this genus to the family Sirenicapillariaceae Berthold et al. 2022.
Publication:
Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20.
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: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Limnoraphis birgei (Smith 1916) Komárek et al. 2013 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Limnoraphis cryptovaginata (Schkorbatow 1923) Komárek et al. 2013 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Limnoraphis hieronymusii (Lemmermann 1905) Komárek et al. 2013 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Limnoraphis robusta (Parukutty 1940) Komárek et al. 2013 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013
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: 6255
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