Name: Oculatella Zammit et al. 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Oculatella, means provided with a small eye; L. fem. adj. oculata, provided with an eye

Gender: feminine (stem: Oculatell-)

Type species: Oculatella subterranea Zammit et al. 2012

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zammit G, Billi D, Albertano P. The subaerophytic cyanobacterium Oculatella subterranea (Oscillatoriales, Cyanophyceae) gen. et sp. nov.: a cytomorphological and molecular description. European Journal of Phycology 2012; 47:341-354.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Oculatellaceae Mai and Johansen 2018. Publication: Mai T, Johansen JR, Pietrasiak N, Bohunická M, Martin MP. Revision of the Synechococcales (Cyanobacteria) through recognition of four families including Oculatellaceae fam. nov. and Trichocoleaceae fam. nov. and six new genera containing 14 species. Phytotaxa 2018; 365:1-59.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Oculatellales Strunecký and Mareš 2023. 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.
  • Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Ocuiafefla"; "Oculaiella"; "Oculateila".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 7; SAG: 3; DSM: 1; MCCC: 1.
  • Full authorship: Zammit, Billi and Albertano 2012.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Oculatella atacamensis Osorio-Santos and Johansen 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oculatella cataractarum Bohunická and Johansen 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oculatella coburnii Pietrasiak and Johansen 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oculatella crustaeformantes Jung et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oculatella hafnerensis Kováčik and Johansen 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oculatella kauaiensis Miscoe and Johansen 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oculatella kazantipica Vinogradova and Mikhailyuk 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oculatella leona Becerra-Absalon and Johansen 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oculatella mojavensis Pietrasiak and Johansen 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oculatella neakameniensis Kováčik and Johansen 2014	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oculatella subterranea Zammit et al. 2012	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Oculatella ucrainica Vinogradova and Mikhailyuk 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Oculatellaceae Mai and Johansen 2018

Assigned by: Mai T, Johansen JR, Pietrasiak N, Bohunická M, Martin MP. Revision of the Synechococcales (Cyanobacteria) through recognition of four families including Oculatellaceae fam. nov. and Trichocoleaceae fam. nov. and six new genera containing 14 species. Phytotaxa 2018; 365:1-59.

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