Genus Stanieria

Name: Stanieria Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Sta.nie’ri.a. N.L. fem. n. Stanieria, named in honor of the Canadian microbiologist Roger Y. Stanier

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Stanieri-), sta-NIE-ri-a

Type species: Stanieria cyanosphaera (Komárek and Hindák 1975) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986

Valid publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes, 2 - Chroococcales. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1986; 43:157-226.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Dermocarpellaceae Ginsburg-Ardré ex Christensen 1978. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Dermocarpellaceae Ginsburg-Ardré ex Christensen 1978. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Chroococcidiopsis Geitler 1933. Publication: Komárek J, Hindák F. Taxonomy of the new isolated strains of Chroococcidiopsis (Cyanophyceae). Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1975; 13:311-329.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Slanieria"; "Staniera"; "Stanleria"; "Stunicria".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "STNA" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Stanieria cyanosphaera (Komárek and Hindák 1975) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stanieria minima (Geitler 1932) Silva and Pienaar 2000	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stanieria sphaerica (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stanieria sublitoralis (Lindstedt 1943) Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stanieria suecica (Kylin 1937) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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