Name: "Parapolycladidibacter" Park et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.po.ly.cla.di.di.bac’ter. Gr. prep. para, next to; N.L. masc. n. Polycladidibacter, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Parapolycladidibacter, a genus adjacent to the genus Polycladidibacter

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Parapolycladidibacter-), pa-ra-po-ly-kla-di-di-BAK-ter

Type species: "Parapolycladidibacter stylochi" (Zhang et al. 2016) Park et al. 2025

Original publication: Park MJ, Kim J, Kim YJ, Yu J, Jin H, Woo S, Zo YG, Kwon KK. Genome-based reclassification of the family Stappiaceae and assessment of environmental forcing with the report of two novel taxa, Flexibacterium corallicola gen. nov., sp. nov., and Nesiotobacter zosterae sp. nov., isolated from coral and seagrass. PLoS One 2025; 20:e0322500.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Polycladidibacter Hinger et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Polycladidibacter Hinger et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Polycladidibacter Hinger et al. 2024. Publication: Hinger I, Ansorge R, Mussmann M, Romano S. Phylogenomic Analyses of Members of the Widespread Marine Heterotrophic Genus Pseudovibrio Suggest Distinct Evolutionary Trajectories and a Novel Genus, Polycladidibacter gen. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:0.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCCC: 1; KCTC: 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
    "Parapolycladidibacter stylochi" (Zhang et al. 2016) Park et al. 2025	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Stappiaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: Park MJ, Kim J, Kim YJ, Yu J, Jin H, Woo S, Zo YG, Kwon KK. Genome-based reclassification of the family Stappiaceae and assessment of environmental forcing with the report of two novel taxa, Flexibacterium corallicola gen. nov., sp. nov., and Nesiotobacter zosterae sp. nov., isolated from coral and seagrass. PLoS One 2025; 20:e0322500.

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Record number: 65328