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Genus Pelagothrix
Name: Pelagothrix Schmidt 1902
Etymology: Pe.la.go’thrix. Gr. neut. n. pelagos, the sea; Gr. fem. n. thrix, a hair; N.L. fem. n. Pelagothrix, a hair from the sea
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Pelagotrich-), pe-la-GO-thriks
Type species: Pelagothrix clevei Schmidt 1902
Valid publication: Ostenfeld CH, Schmidt J. Plankton fra det Røde Hav og Adenbugten (Plankton from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 1902; 1901:141-182.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Correct name: Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Haliarachne Lemmermann 1899 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name "Trichodesmium" Ehrenberg 1830 heterotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
- 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Phormidioideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komarek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes - 3 - Oscillatoriales. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1988; 80, 1-4:327-472.
- ❗ Pelagothrix is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Schmidt) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Ostenfeld and Schmidt).
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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 Pelagothrix clevei Schmidt 1902 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym
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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: 20378
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