Name: Mastigocoleus Lagerheim ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mas.ti.go.co.le.us. N.L. masc. n. Mastigocoleus

Gender: masculine (stem: Mastigocole-)

Type species: Mastigocoleus testarum Lagerheim ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (Troisième fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 5:51-129.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Couradeau et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the order Stigonematales (ex Geitler 1925) Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Couradeau E, Roush D, Guida BS, Garcia-Pichel F. Diversity and mineral substrate preference in endolithic microbial communities from marine intertidal outcrops (Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico). Biogeosciences 2017; 14:311-324.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family "Nostochopsidaceae". Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Afastigocoleus"; "Jllastigocoleus"; "Maaigocoleus"; "Masthjocoleus"; "Mastigacaleus"; "Mastigocolcus"; "Mastigocoleetum"; "Mastigocoletis"; "Mastigoeeleus"; "Mastigoeolcus"; "Mestigocoleus"; "Mustigocoleus".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MSCL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mastigocoleus obtusus Carter 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Candidatus Mastigocoleus perforans" Couradeau et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Mastigocoleus testarum Lagerheim ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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Record number: 6407