Name: Microseira McGregor and Sendall 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mi.cro.sei’ra. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. fem. n. seira, a string; N.L. fem. n. Microseira, a small string

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Microseir-), mi-kro-SE͡I-ra

Type species: Microseira wollei (Farlow ex Gomont 1892) McGregor and Sendall 2015

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: McGregor GB, Sendall BC. Phylogeny and toxicology of Lyngbya wollei (Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoriales) from north-eastern Australia, with a description of Microseira gen. nov. J Phycol 2015; 51:109-119. 🇦🇺

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hauerova et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Hauerova R, Hauer T, Kastovsky J, Komarek J, Lepsova-Skacelova O, Mares J. Tenebriella gen. nov. - the dark twin of Oscillatoria. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 0:107293. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 Moretto et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the order Aerosakkonematales Lefler et al. 2024. Publication: Moretto JA, Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Huang IS, Laughinghouse HD. Floridanema gen. nov. (Aerosakkonemataceae, Aerosakkonematales ord. nov., Cyanobacteria) from benthic tropical and subtropical fresh waters, with the description of four new species. J Phycol 2025; 61:91-107. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Speziale BJ, Dyck LA. Lyngbya infestations: comparative taxonomy of Lyngbya wollei comb. nov. (Cyanobacteria). Journal of Phycology 1992; 28:693-706.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Microsera"; "Microseria".
  • 🧍 Full authorship: McGregor and Sendall 2015.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Microseira minor Geng et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microseira wollei (Farlow ex Gomont 1892) McGregor and Sendall 2015	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aerosakkonemataceae 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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