Name: Ophiothrix Sant'Anna et al. 2010

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Ophiothrix

Gender: feminine (stem: Ophiotrich-)

Type species: Ophiothrix epidendron Sant'Anna et al. 2010

Valid publication: Sant'Anna CL, Azevedo TMP, Kaštovský J, Komárek J. Two form-genera of aerophytic heterocytous cyanobacteria from Brasilian rainy forest 'Mata Atlântica. Fottea 2010; 10:217-228.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cyanophiothrix Molinari and Guiry 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cyanophiothrix Molinari and Guiry 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Cyanophiothrix Molinari and Guiry 2021. Publication: Molinari EA, Guiry MD. [Title pending]. Notulae algarum 2021; 183:2.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ohphiothrix".
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Sant'Anna, Azevedo, Kaštovský and Komárek 2010.
  • 🧍 Later homonym of Ophiothrix Corda 1835 and Ophiothrix Nägeli 1849. Publication: McNeill J, Barrie FR, Buck WR, Demoulin V, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Knapp S, Marhold K, Prado J, et al. International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 2012.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ophiothrix epibryos (Komárek 2003) Sant'Anna et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Ophiothrix epidendron Sant'Anna et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Ophiothrix hansgirgii (Schmidle 1900) Sant'Anna et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae Frank 1886

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: 6294