Name: Okeania Engene et al. 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: O.ke.a.ni’a N.L. fem. n. Okeania, from the Greek word Okeanos (Ώjeamός is the oldest marine god of Greek Mythology)

Gender: feminine

Type species: Okeania hirsuta Engene et al. 2013

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Engene N, Paul VJ, Byrum T, Gerwick WH, Thor A, Ellisman MH. Five chemically rich species of tropical marine cyanobacteria of the genus Okeania gen. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanoprokaryota). J Phycol 2013; 49:1095-1106.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Full authorship: Engene, Paul, Byrum, Gerwick, Thor and Ellisman 2013.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Okeania comitata Engene et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Okeania erythroflocculosa Engene et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Okeania hirsuta Engene et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Okeania lorea Engene et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Okeania plumata Engene et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN	correct name

Parent taxon: [Oscillatoriaceae]

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Record number: 6210