Name: "Toxopsis" Lamprinou et al. 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tox.op’sis. Gr. neut. n. toxon, a bow; Gr. fem. n. opsis, looking like; N.L. fem. n. Toxopsis, looking like a bow (something)

Gender: feminine (stem: Toxopsid-)

Type species: "Toxopsis calypsus" Lamprinou et al. 2012

Original publication: Lamprinou V, Skaraki K, Kotoulas G, Economou-Amilli A, Pantazidou A. Toxopsis calypsus gen. nov., sp. nov. (Cyanobacteria, Nostocales) from cave 'Francthi', Peloponnese, Greece: a morphological and molecular evaluation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2870-2877.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Tolypotrichaceae corrig. Hauer et al. 2014. Publication: 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.
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Lamprinou, Skaraki, Kotoulas, Economou-Amilli and Pantazidou 2012.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Toxopsis calypsus" Lamprinou et al. 2012	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Godleyaceae Hauer et al. 2014

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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Record number: 6264