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Genus Ophiophycus
Name: Ophiophycus Berthold et al. 2020
Etymology: N.L. masc. 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.) (botanical tradition treats gender of phycus as masculine)
Gender: masculine (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
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Notes:
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🧕 Berthold et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Vermifilaceae Berthold et al. 2020.
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.
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🧕 Berthold et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Vermifilaceae Berthold et al. 2020.
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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Ophiophycus aerugineus Berthold et al. 2020 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013
Assigned by:
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.
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Record number: 14522
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