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Etymology: Wo.ca’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Wocania, named after the Wocan hydrothermal vent area named by Chinese scientists
Gender: feminine (stem: Wocani-)
Type species: Wocania indica He et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: He Y, Zeng X, Xiong J, Lai Q, Li J, Shao Z. Wocania indica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep sea hydrothermal sulfide in the northwest Indian Ocean, and proposal to reclassify Flaviramulus ichthyoenteri as Wocania ichthyoenteri comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5488-5496.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4565.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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: 3
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Wocania arenilitoris (Kang et al. 2017) Liu et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Wocania ichthyoenteri (Zhang et al. 2013) He et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Wocania indica He et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992
Assigned by: He Y, Zeng X, Xiong J, Lai Q, Li J, Shao Z. Wocania indica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep sea hydrothermal sulfide in the northwest Indian Ocean, and proposal to reclassify Flaviramulus ichthyoenteri as Wocania ichthyoenteri comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5488-5496.
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Record number: 12773