Genus "Candidatus Poseidonia"

Name: "Candidatus Poseidonia" Rinke et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Po.sei.do’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Poseidonia, named after Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Poseidoni-), po-se͡i-DO-ni-a

Type species: "Candidatus Poseidonia alphae" Rinke et al. 2019

Effective publication: Rinke C, Rubino F, Messer LF, Youssef N, Parks DH, Chuvochina M, Brown M, Jeffries T, Tyson GW, Seymour JR, et al. A phylogenomic and ecological analysis of the globally abundant Marine Group II archaea (Ca. Poseidoniales ord. nov.). ISME J 2019; 13:663-675. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

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

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Poseidoniaceae" Rinke et al. 2019

Assigned by: Rinke C, Rubino F, Messer LF, Youssef N, Parks DH, Chuvochina M, Brown M, Jeffries T, Tyson GW, Seymour JR, et al. A phylogenomic and ecological analysis of the globally abundant Marine Group II archaea (Ca. Poseidoniales ord. nov.). ISME J 2019; 13:663-675. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 19183
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