Genus Sphaerocavum

Name: Sphaerocavum Azevedo and Sant'Anna 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sphae.ro.ca.vum. N.L. neut. n. Sphaerocavum, a hollow sphere

Gender: neuter (stem: Sphaerocav-)

Type species: Sphaerocavum brasiliense Azevedo and Sant'Anna 2003

Valid publication: Azevedo MTDP, Sant'Anna CL. Sphaerocavum, a new genus of planktic Cyanobacteria from continental water bodies in Brazil. Algological Studies 2003; 109:79-92.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Microcystis Kützing ex Lemmermann 1907. Publication: Rigonato J, Sant' Anna CL, Giani A, Azevedo MTP, Gama WA, Viana VFL, Fiore MF, Werner VR. Sphaerocavum: a coccoid morphogenus identical to Microcystis in terms of 16S rDNA and ITS sequence phylogenies. Hydrobiologia 2018; 811:35-48.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Sphaerocavum brasiliense Azevedo and Sant'Anna 2003	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Sphaerocavum leloupii (Kufferath 1950) Azevedo and Sant'Anna 2003	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Sphaerocavum microcystiforme (Hindák 1993) Azevedo and Sant'Anna 2003	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

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: 6390

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