Genus Thermospirulina

Name: Thermospirulina Moro et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.spi.ru.li’na. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, in allusion to the thermal environments where the species was isolated; N.L. fem. dim. n. Spirulina, from the morphological similarity with that genus; N.L. fem. dim. n. Thermospirulina

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Thermospirulin-), ther-mo-spi-ru-LI-na

Type species: Thermospirulina andreolii Moro et al. 2021

Valid publication: Moro I, Fuiano MA, Rascio N, De Philippis R, La Rocca N. Phylogenetic, morphological and biochemical studies on Thermospirulina andreolii gen. & sp. nov. (Cyanophyta) from the Euganean Thermal District (Italy). Phycologia 2021; 60:487-496. 🇮🇹

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Spirulinaceae (Gomont 1892) Hoffmann et al. 2005

Assigned by: Moro I, Fuiano MA, Rascio N, De Philippis R, La Rocca N. Phylogenetic, morphological and biochemical studies on Thermospirulina andreolii gen. & sp. nov. (Cyanophyta) from the Euganean Thermal District (Italy). Phycologia 2021; 60:487-496. 🇮🇹

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Record number: 41155

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