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Genus "Thaumococcus"
Name: "Thaumococcus" Walter et al. 2017
Etymology: Thau.mo.coc’cus. N.L. masc. n. Thaumococcus, Referring to Thaumas, Greek god of the wonders of the sea, referring to a coccus living in the sea; N.L. masc. n. coccus, from Gr. Masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed, kernel
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Thaumococc-), tha͡u-mo-KOK-kus
Type species: "Thaumococcus swingsii" Walter et al. 2017
Original publication:
Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🧕 Walter et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885.
Publication:
Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132. 🇧🇷
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🧕 Walter et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885.
Publication:
Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132.
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: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Thaumococcus swingsii" Walter et al. 2017 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: [Chroococcophyceae, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 20909
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