Name: Myxacorys Pietrasiak and Johansen 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. Myxo, relating to mucilage; Gr. fem. n. korys, helmet―referring to the slimy cap at the tips of the filaments; N.L. fem. n. Myxacorys

Gender: feminine (stem: Myxacoryth-)

Type species: Myxacorys chilensis Pietrasiak and Johansen 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pietrasiak N, Osorio-Santos K, Shalygin S, Martin MP, Johansen JR. When Is A Lineage A Species? A Case Study In Myxacorys gen. nov. (Synechococcales: Cyanobacteria) With The Description of Two New Species From The Americas. J Phycol 2019; 55:976-996.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Pietrasiak and Johansen) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Pietrasiak et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; ULC: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Myxacorys almedinensis Soares et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Myxacorys californica Pietrasiak and Johansen 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Myxacorys chilensis Pietrasiak and Johansen 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Pietrasiak N, Osorio-Santos K, Shalygin S, Martin MP, Johansen JR. When Is A Lineage A Species? A Case Study In Myxacorys gen. nov. (Synechococcales: Cyanobacteria) With The Description of Two New Species From The Americas. J Phycol 2019; 55:976-996.

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Record number: 6519