Name: Pelonema Lauterborn 1915

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pe.lo.ne’ma. N.L. neut. n. Pelonema

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Pelonemat-), pe-lo-NE-ma

Type species: Pelonema tenue Lauterborn 1915

Valid publication: Lauterborn R. Die sapropelische Lebewelt, Ein Beitrag zur Biologie des Faulschlammes natürlicher Gewässer. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorisch-Medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg Serie 2 1915; 13:395-481.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Pelonemataceae Skuja 1956. Publication: Skuja H. Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis ser. 4 1956; 16:404.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Pelonematales Skuja 1956. Publication: Skuja H. Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis ser. 4 1956; 16:404.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Peloplocaceae Beger 1957. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧕 Skuja (1956) assigned this genus to the order Pelonematales Skuja 1956. Publication: Skuja H. Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series IV 1956; 16:1-404.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pclonema"; "Pelanema"; "Pelonoma".
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably belonging to Bacteria. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PENM" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pelonema aphane Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pelonema pseudovacuolatum Lauterborn 1915	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pelonema spirale Lauterborn 1915	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pelonema subtilissimum Skuja 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pelonema tenue Lauterborn 1915	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Pelonemataceae Skuja 1956

Assigned by: Skuja H. Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series IV 1956; 16:1-404.

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Record number: 15288