Name: Limnothrix Meffert 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Limnothrix

Gender: feminine (stem: Limnotrich-)

Valid publication: Meffert M-E. Planktic unsheathed filaments (Cyanophyceae) with polar and central gas-vacuoles I. Their morphology and taxonomy. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1987; 76:324.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Limmnothrix"; "Limnorhrix"; "Linmothrix".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Limnothrix Meffert 1988.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Limnothrix obliqueacuminata (Skuja 1956) Meffert 1987	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

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.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/limnothrixCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 53662