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Genus "Loriellopsis"
Name: "Loriellopsis" Hernández-Mariné and Canals 2011
Etymology: Lo.ri.el.lop’sis. N.L. fem. dim. n. Loriella, name of a cyanobacterial genus; Gr. fem. n. opsis, aspect, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Loriellopsis, that which appears similar to Loriella
Gender: feminine (stem: Loriellopsid-)
Type species: "Loriellopsis cavernicola" Hernández-Mariné and Canals 2011
Original publication:
Lamprinou V, Hernandez-Marine M, Canals T, Kormas K, Economou-Amilli A, Pantazidou A. Morphology and molecular evaluation of Iphinoe spelaeobios gen. nov., sp. nov. and Loriellopsis cavernicola gen. nov., sp. nov., two stigonematalean cyanobacteria from Greek and Spanish caves. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2907-2915. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family "Symphyonemataceae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. 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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🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Stigonematales corrig. Walton 1931.
Publication:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Hernández Mariné and Canals) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Lamprinou et al.).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BCN: 1; PH: 1.
- 🧍 Full authorship: Hernández-Mariné and Canals.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Loriellopsis cavernicola" Hernández-Mariné and Canals 2011 not validly published preferred name "Loriellopsis vromonerensis" Kaštovský et al. 2025 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886
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: 6262
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