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Name: "Rheamaris" Walter et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Rhe.a’ma.ris. N.L. neut. n. Rheamaris, Referring to Rhea, the fertile Greek goddess, mother of some of the most well-known Greek gods and goddesses, yet she is often forgotten, fertile goddess of seawater [incorrectly formed: ends in genitive]; L. gen. neut. n. maris, of the sea, marine

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Rheamar-), rhe-A-ma-ris

Type species: "Rheamaris confervoides" (Agardh ex Gomont 1892) Walter et al. 2017

Original publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132. 🇧🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

  • Notes:
    • 🧕 Caires et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Caires TA, Lyra GM, Hentschke GS, da Silva AMS, de Araújo VL, Sant'Anna CL, Nunes JMC. Polyphasic delimitation of a filamentous marine genus, Capillus gen. nov. (Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoriaceae) with the description of two Brazilian species. Algae 2018; 33:291-304. 🇧🇷
    • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892. Publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.

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: 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: 26818