Name: "Urococcus" Hassall ex Kützing 1849

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: U.ro.coc.cus. N.L. masc. n. Urococcus

Gender: masculine (stem: Urococc-)

Type species: "Urococcus hookerianus" (Berkeley and Hassall 1845) Kützing 1849

Original publication: Kützing FT. Spec. Alg. Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1849.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Hassallia" Trevisan 1848. Publication: Trevisan VBA. Saggio di una monografia delle Alghe Coccotalle. coi tipi del seminario, Padova [Padua], 1848.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Crococcus"; "Ucrococcus"; "Urocaccus"; "Urococeus".
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably green alga (Chlorophyceae). Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.

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
    "Urococcus hookerianus" (Berkeley and Hassall 1845) Kützing 1849	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Tolypotrichaceae corrig. 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: 18055