Name: Ophiophycus Berthold et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Ophiophycus, is in reference to the snake-like appearance of filaments, where apical cells may have two large vacuoles that resemble eyes. “ophio” snake, “phycus” algae (G.)

Gender: neuter (stem: Ophiophyc-)

Type species: Ophiophycus aerugineus Berthold et al. 2020

Valid publication: Berthold DE, Lefler F, Dail Laughinghouse H. Untangling filamentous marine cyanobacterial diversity from the coast of South Florida with the description of Vermifilaceae fam. nov. and three new genera: Leptochromothrix gen. nov., Ophiophycus gen. nov., and Vermifilum gen nov. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 0:107010.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Microcoleaceae Strunecký et al. 2013. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2022; 0:0.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ophiophycus aerugineus Berthold et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Vermifilaceae Berthold et al. 2020

Assigned by: Berthold DE, Lefler F, Dail Laughinghouse H. Untangling filamentous marine cyanobacterial diversity from the coast of South Florida with the description of Vermifilaceae fam. nov. and three new genera: Leptochromothrix gen. nov., Ophiophycus gen. nov., and Vermifilum gen nov. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 0:107010.

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