Name: Thermoleptolyngbya Sciuto and Moro 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.lep.to.lyng’by.a. N.L. fem. n. Thermoleptolyngbya, refers to the fact that members of this new cryptic genus are generally found in thermal environments and that the genus was separated from Leptolyngbya sensu stricto

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Thermoleptolyngby-), t^her-mo-lep-to-LYN͡G-by-a

Type species: Thermoleptolyngbya albertanoae Sciuto and Moro 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sciuto K, Moro I. Detection of the new cosmopolitan genus Thermoleptolyngbya (Cyanobacteria, Leptolyngbyaceae) using the 16S rRNA gene and 16S-23S ITS region. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2016; 105:15-35. 🇮🇹

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Sciuto and Moro (2016) assigned this genus to the family Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014. Publication: Sciuto K, Moro I. Detection of the new cosmopolitan genus Thermoleptolyngbya (Cyanobacteria, Leptolyngbyaceae) using the 16S rRNA gene and 16S-23S ITS region. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2016; 105:15-35. 🇮🇹
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thermoleptolygbya".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 1; FACHB: 1; PCC: 1; TAU: 1; SAG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermoleptolyngbya albertanoae Sciuto and Moro 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thermoleptolyngbya hindakiae Jasser et al. 2022	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Thermoleptolyngbya oregonensis Sciuto and Moro 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Thermoleptolyngbya sichuanensis" Daroch et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    "Thermoleptolyngbya thermalis" (Anagnostidis 1988) Sciuto and Moro 2016	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Oculatellaceae Mai and Johansen 2018

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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Record number: 6298