Genus "Candidatus Medusoplasma"

Name: "Candidatus Medusoplasma" Viver et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Etymology: Me.du.so.plas’ma. N.L. fem. n. Medusa, jellyfish; Gr. neut. n. plasma, anything formed or moulded, image, figure; N.L. neut. n. Medusoplasma, a shape living in jellyfish

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Medusoplasmat-), me-du-so-PLAS-ma

Type species: "Candidatus Medusoplasma mediterranei" Viver et al. 2017

Effective publication: Viver T, Orellana LH, Hatt JK, Urdiain M, Diaz S, Richter M, Anton J, Avian M, Amann R, Konstantinidis KT, et al. The low diverse gastric microbiome of the jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata is dominated by four novel taxa. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:3039-3058. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Subdivision:

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Medusoplasma mediterranei" Viver et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Chlamydiaceae Rake 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Viver T, Orellana LH, Hatt JK, Urdiain M, Diaz S, Richter M, Anton J, Avian M, Amann R, Konstantinidis KT, et al. The low diverse gastric microbiome of the jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata is dominated by four novel taxa. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:3039-3058. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 21788