Name: Limnothrix Meffert 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lim.no’thrix. Gr. fem. n. limnê, lake; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Limnothrix, a hair from a lake

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Limnotrich-), lim-NO-t^hrix

Type species: Limnothrix redekei (Van Goor 1918) Meffert 1988

Valid publication: Meffert M-E. Limnothrix Meffert nov. gen. - the unsheathed planktic cyanophycean filaments with polar and central gas vacuoles. Algological Studies 1988; 50-53:269-276.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limnothrix Meffert 1987

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Limnothrix Meffert 1987	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Limmnothrix"; "Limnorhrix"; "Limnotrix"; "Linmothrix".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NIES: 1; NIVA-CYA: 1.
  • 🧍 Later isonym of Limnothrix Meffert 1987. 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Limnothrix amphigranulata (Van Goor 1918) Meffert 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Limnothrix planctonica (Wołoszyńska 1911) Meffert 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Limnothrix redekei (Van Goor 1918) Meffert 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Limnothrix rosea (Utermöhl 1925) Meffert 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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: 6281