Name: Tumidithrix Luz et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tu.mi.di’thrix. N.L. fem. n. Tumidithrix, Tumidus swollen; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair, for its swollen cells

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Tumiditrich-), tu-mi-DI-t^hrix

Type species: Tumidithrix elongata Luz et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Luz R, Cordeiro R, Kastovsky J, Johansen JR, Dias E, Fonseca A, Urbatzka R, Vasconcelos V, Goncalves V. Description of four new filamentous cyanobacterial taxa from freshwater habitats in the Azores Archipelago. J Phycol 2023; 59:1323-1338.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BACA: 2; PCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Tumidithrix elongata Luz et al. 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Tumidithrix helvetica Saraf et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pseudanabaenaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Assigned by: Luz R, Cordeiro R, Kastovsky J, Johansen JR, Dias E, Fonseca A, Urbatzka R, Vasconcelos V, Goncalves V. Description of four new filamentous cyanobacterial taxa from freshwater habitats in the Azores Archipelago. J Phycol 2023; 59:1323-1338.

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Record number: 40848