Name: "Parasynechococcus" Coutinho et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.sy.ne.cho.coc.cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. Parasynechococcus

Gender: masculine (stem: Parasynechococc-)

Original publication: Coutinho F, Tschoeke DA, Thompson F, Thompson C. Comparative genomics of Synechococcus and proposal of the new genus Parasynechococcus. PeerJ 2016; 3:e1522.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Prochlorococcaceae Komárek and Strunecký 2020. Publication: Komárek J, Johansen JR, Smarda J, Strunecky O. Phylogeny and taxonomy of Synechococcus-like cyanobacteria. Fottea 2020; 20:171-191.
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Prochlorococcaceae Komárek and Strunecký 2020. Publication: 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Parasynechoccocus".

Parent taxon: Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

Assigned by: Coutinho F, Tschoeke DA, Thompson F, Thompson C. Comparative genomics of Synechococcus and proposal of the new genus Parasynechococcus. PeerJ 2016; 3:e1522.

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Record number: 6331