Name: "Paraleptovivax" Walter et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.lep.to.vi’vax. Gr. prep. para, to bring forth, to bear, alongside; Gr. masc. adj. leptos, delicate or thin; L. adj. vivax, long-lived, tenacious of life; N.L. masc. n. Leptovivax, delicate long-lived; N.L. masc. n. Paraleptovivax

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Paraleptovivac-), pa-ra-lep-to-WI-wax

Type species: "Paraleptovivax allomegium" Walter et al. 2017

Original publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132. 🇧🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Portococcus Strunecký et al. 2026

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Portococcus Strunecký et al. 2026	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Aleksovski et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the class Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953. Publication: Aleksovski B, Krstić S, Guiry MD. The names of phyla and classes of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria, cyanophytes) and a typified name: Cyanobacteriophyta Oren, Mareš et Rippka. Fottea 2025; 25:212-217. 🇮🇪
  • 🧕 Walter et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885. Publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132. 🇧🇷
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Portococcus Strunecký et al. 2026. Publication: Strunecky O, Kozlikova-Zapomelova E, Jezberova J, Morais J, Lemus MAT, Stenclova L, Johansen JR, Capkova K, Vasconcelos VMO, Mares J. To multicellularity and back again: Description of two new coccoid genera (Portococcus gen. nov. and Pseudanabaenococcus gen. nov.) in the basal "filamentous" order Pseudanabaenales, Cyanobacteria. J Phycol 2026; 0:0. 🇨🇿
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: PCC: 1; CBFS: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Paraleptovivax allomegium" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Kozlikova-Zapomelova E, Jezberova J, Morais J, Lemus MAT, Stenclova L, Johansen JR, Capkova K, Vasconcelos VMO, Mares J. To multicellularity and back again: Description of two new coccoid genera (Portococcus gen. nov. and Pseudanabaenococcus gen. nov.) in the basal "filamentous" order Pseudanabaenales, Cyanobacteria. J Phycol 2026; 0:0. 🇨🇿

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