Name: "Rania" Staack et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ra’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Rania, named after the Norse Sea goddess Rán who rules over the ocean and its treasures

Gender: feminine (stem: Rani-)

Type species: "Rania fehmarnensis" Staack et al. 2026

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Staack M, Haufschild T, Hammer J, Kallscheuer N, Kumar G, Jogler C. Three strains isolated from Northern Germany constitute the novel genera Njordella and Rania in the family Pirellulaceae. Sci Rep 2026; 16:0. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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: Pirellulaceae Dedysh et al. 2020

Assigned by: Staack M, Haufschild T, Hammer J, Kallscheuer N, Kumar G, Jogler C. Three strains isolated from Northern Germany constitute the novel genera Njordella and Rania in the family Pirellulaceae. Sci Rep 2026; 16:0. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 72388

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