Name: "Candidatus Thalassoplasma" Vohsen et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Tha.las.so.plas’ma. Gr. fem. n. thalassa, the sea, members of this genus are associated with marine invertebrates; Gr. neut. n. plasma, molded, lacking a cell wall, traditional suffix for mollicutes; N.L. neut. n. Thalassoplasma, wall-less bacteria of the sea

Gender: neuter (stem: Thalassoplasmat-)

Type species: "Candidatus Thalassoplasma callogorgiae" Vohsen et al. 2024

Original publication: Vohsen SA, Gruber-Vodicka HR, Herrera S, Dubilier N, Fisher CR, Baums IB. Discovery of deep-sea coral symbionts from a novel clade of marine bacteria with severely reduced genomes. Nat Commun 2024; 15:9508. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Thalassoplasma bathypathes" Wei et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Thalassoplasma callogorgiae" Vohsen et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Oceanoplasmataceae" Vohsen et al. 2024

Assigned by: Vohsen SA, Gruber-Vodicka HR, Herrera S, Dubilier N, Fisher CR, Baums IB. Discovery of deep-sea coral symbionts from a novel clade of marine bacteria with severely reduced genomes. Nat Commun 2024; 15:9508. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 69050