Name: "Spherophorus" Prévot 1938

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sphe.ro.pho.rus. N.L. masc. adj. suff. -phorus; N.L. masc. n. Spherophorus

Gender: masculine

Original publication: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-307.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Sphaerophorus" corrig. Prévot 1938

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Sphaerophorus" corrig. Prévot 1938	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Spherophoraceae" Prévot 1938. Publication: Prevot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-230.
  • 🧕 Prevot (1938) assigned this genus to the family "Spherophoraceae" Prévot 1938. Publication: Prevot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-230.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Spaerophorus"; "Sperophorus"; "Sphacrophorus"; "Sphcrophoms"; "Sphcrophorus"; "Sphemophorus"; "Sphepophorus"; "Spheraphorus"; "Spherephorus"; "Spheriphorus"; "Spheropharus"; "Spherophmus"; "Spherophonis"; "Spheroplmrus"; "Spheroplwrus"; "Spheruphorus"; "Sphesophorus"; "Sphetophorus"; "Sphnerophorus"; "Sphvrophorus".

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Spherophorus necrophorus" (Flügge 1886) Prévot 1938	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Spherophorus ridiculosus" Prévot 1948	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Spherophorus varius" (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Prévot 1938	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Bacteroidaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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Record number: 10371