Name: Persephonella Götz et al. 2002
Etymology: Per.se.pho.nel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Persephonella, little Persephone, after the Greek mythological goddess, who spent half of each year in the Underworld and the other half on Earth
Gender: feminine (stem: Persephonell-)
Type species: Persephonella marina Götz et al. 2002
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Gotz D, Banta A, Beveridge TJ, Rushdi AI, Simoneit BR, Reysenbach AL. Persephonella marina gen. nov., sp. nov. and Persephonella guaymasensis sp. nov., two novel, thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing microaerophiles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1349-1359.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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"Persephonella atlantica" Francois et al. 2020 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Persephonella guaymasensis Götz et al. 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Persephonella hydrogeniphila Nakagawa et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Persephonella marina Götz et al. 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Hydrogenothermaceae Eder and Huber 2003
Assigned by: Gupta RS, Lali R. Molecular signatures for the phylum Aquificae and its different clades: proposal for division of the phylum Aquificae into the emended order Aquificales, containing the families Aquificaceae and Hydrogenothermaceae, and a new order Desulfurobacteriales ord. nov., containing the family Desulfurobacteriaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:349-368.
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Record number: 516290