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Genus Scissilisphaera
Name: Scissilisphaera Knoll and Calder 1983
Etymology: Scis.si.li.sphae’ra. L. scissilis, meaning ‘that which may be split readily’; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, meaning ‘sphere’; N.L. fem. n. Scissilisphaera, an easily divided sphere
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Scissilisphaer-), skis-si-li-SPHA͡E-ra
Type species: Scissilisphaera regularis Knoll and Calder 1983
Valid publication: Knoll AH, Calder S. Microbiotas of the late Precambrian Ryssö Formation, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. Palaeontology 1983; 26:467-496.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Knoll and Calder (1983) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Knoll AH, Calder S. Microbiotas of the late Precambrian Ryssö Formation, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. Palaeontology 1983; 26:467-496.
- 🧕 Knoll and Calder (1983) assigned this genus to the order Pleurocapsales Geitler 1925. Publication: Knoll AH, Calder S. Microbiotas of the late Precambrian Ryssö Formation, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. Palaeontology 1983; 26:467-496.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Scissilishaera"; "Scissilisophaera"; "Scissilosphaera"; "Setssilisphaera".
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Scissilisphaera gradata Green et al. 1989 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Scissilisphaera regularis Knoll and Calder 1983 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 
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Record number: 11503
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