Name: Limnospira Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lim’no.spi.ra. Gr. Limni, lake, lagoon (λίμνη); Gr. fem. n. speîra, spiral (σπείρα); N.L. fem. n. Limnospira, the generic name refers to the morphology of trichomes and typical habitat, i.e. lakes

Gender: feminine (stem: Limnospir-)

Type species: Limnospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nowicka-Krawczyk P, Muhlsteinova R, Hauer T. Detailed characterization of the Arthrospira type species separating commercially grown taxa into the new genus Limnospira (Cyanobacteria). Sci Rep 2019; 9:694.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Arthrospira Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Komárek J, Lund JWG. What is Spirulina platensis in fact?. Algological Studies 1990; 58:1-13.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Woronichin NN. K biologii mineralizovanych vodojemov Kulundinskoj stepi. Trudy Soveta Izucheniu Prirodnych Resursov Ser. Sibirsk. 1934; 8:177-183.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UTEX: 2; CCALA: 1; SAG: 1.
  • Full authorship: Nowicka-Krawczyk, Mühlsteinová and Hauer 2019.

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Limnospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Limnospira indica (Desikachary and Jeeji Bai 1992) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Limnospira maxima (Setchell and Gardner 1917) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Limnospira platensis" Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019	not validly published

Parent taxon: Sirenicapillariaceae Berthold et al. 2022

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 6287