Name: Lithomyxa Howe 1932

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Li.tho.my’xa. Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; Gr. fem. n. myxa, slime; N.L. fem. n. Lithomyxa, a slimy organism from a stone

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Lithomyx-), li-t^ho-MY-xa

Type species: Lithomyxa calcigena Howe 1932

Valid publication: Howe MA. The geologic importance of the lime secreting algae. Professional Papers. United States Geological Survey 1932; 170:57-64.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lathomyxa"; "Lithomixa"; "Lithomvxa"; "Lithomyvea".

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
    Lithomyxa calcigena Howe 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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: 6246