Name: Stenomitos Miscoe and Johansen 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. stenos, thin; Gr. masc. n. mitos, thread; N.L. masc. n. Stenomitos, named for its very thin, delicate trichomes

Gender: masculine (stem: Stenomit-)

Type species: Stenomitos rutilans Miscoe and Johansen 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miscoe LH, Johansen JR, Vaccarino MA, Pietrasiak N, Sherwood AR. The diatom flora and cyobacteria from caves on Kauai, Hawaii. II. Novel cyanobacteria from caves on Kauai, Hawaii. Bibliotheca Phycologica 2016; 120:75-152.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Shalygin et al. 2020 Shalygin S, Shalygina RR, Redkina VV, Gargas CB, Johansen JR. Description of Stenomitos kolaenensis and S. hiloensis sp. nov. (Leptolyngbyaceae, Cyanobacteria) with an emendation of the genus. Phytotaxa 2020; 440:108-128.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Miscoe and Johansen) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Miscoe et al.).

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
    Stenomitos frigidus (Fritsch 1912) Miscoe and Johansen 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stenomitos hiloensis Johansen et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stenomitos kolaensis Shalygin et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stenomitos rutilans Miscoe and Johansen 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Stenomitos tremulus (Johansen and Casamatta 2005) Miscoe and Johansen 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014

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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