Genus Scopulonema

Name: Scopulonema Ercegović 1930

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Sco.pu.lo.ne’ma. L. masc. n. scopulus, rock; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Scopulonema, a thread in and on rocks

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Scopulonemat-), sko-pu-lo-NE-ma

Type species: Scopulonema hansgirgianum Ercegović 1930

Valid publication: Ercegović A. Sur quelques types peu connus des Cyanophycées lithophytes. Archiv für Protistenkunde 1930; 71:361-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Scopulonemataceae Ercegović 1932. Publication: Ercegovic A. Ekoloske i socioloske studije o litofitskim cijanoficejama sa jugoslovenske obale Jadrana. Rad Jugoslovenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti, Zagreb 1932; 244:129-220.
  • 🧕 Ercegovic (1932) assigned this genus to the family Scopulonemataceae Ercegović 1932. Publication: Ercegovic A. Ekoloske i socioloske studije o litofitskim cijanoficejama sa jugoslovenske obale Jadrana. Rad Jugoslovenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti, Zagreb 1932; 244:129-220.
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Hydrococcoideae". Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (1975) assigned this genus to the subfamily Hyelloideae Komárek et al. 1975. Publication: Komárek J, Ludvik J, Pokorny V. Cell structure and endospore formation in the blue-green alga Chroococcidiopsis. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1975; 46:205-223.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Scopulanema".
  • 🧍 See also Ercegovic (1932). Publication: Ercegovic A. Ekoloske I socioloske studije o litofitskim cijanoficejama sa jugoslavenske obale Jadrana. Rad Jugoslav. Akad. Znan. 1932; 244:129-220.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Scopulonema aurantiacum (Geitler 1932) Geitler 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scopulonema brevissimum Ercegović 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scopulonema concharum (Hansgirg 1890) Geitler 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scopulonema hansgirgianum Ercegović 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scopulonema minutum (Geitler 1932) Geitler 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scopulonema mucosum Ercegović 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scopulonema parenchymaticum (Geitler 1933) Geitler 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scopulonema polonicum (Raciborski 1910) Geitler 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843

Assigned by: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

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Record number: 17889