Name: Myxohyella Geitler 1925

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: My.xo.hy.el’la. Gr. fem. n. myxa, slime; N.L. fem. dim. n. Hyella, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. fem. dim. n. Myxohyella, a slimy Hyella

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Myxohyell-), my-xo-hy-EL-la

Type species: Myxohyella socialis (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Geitler 1925

Valid publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. 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 Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Hyella Bornet and Flahault 1888. Publication: Gardner NL. New Pacific Coast Marine Algae II. University of California Publications in Botany 1918; 6:429-454.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Jllyxohyella"; "Mvxohyella"; "Mywoltyella"; "Myxehyella"; "Myxobyella"; "Myxohiella"; "Myxollyella"; "Myzohyella"; "Myzxohyella".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MYHY" 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: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Myxohyella cavanillesiana González Guerrero 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Myxohyella dilseae Feldmann 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Myxohyella endophytica (Børgesen 1902) Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Myxohyella howei Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Myxohyella infestans (Howe 1914) Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Myxohyella linearis" Geitler 1925	not validly published	preferred name
    Myxohyella lutea (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Myxohyella papuana Hoffmann 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Myxohyella seriata Hollenberg 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Myxohyella socialis (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843

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: 6492