Name: "Thaumococcus" Walter et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thau.mo.co.ccus. 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: masculine (stem: Thaumococc-)

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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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: 1

Parent taxon: [Cyanophyceae, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 20909
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