Name: Xenococcus Thuret 1880

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Xe.no.coc.cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. Xenococcus

Gender: masculine (stem: Xenococc-)

Type species: Xenococcus schousboei Thuret 1880

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bornet É, Thuret G. Notes algologiques recueil d'observations sur les algues. Fasc. 2. G. Masson, Paris, 1880.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932. Publication: Ercegovic A. Ekoloske i socioloske studije o litofitskim cijanoficejama sa jugoslovenske obale Jadrana. Rad Jugoslovenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti Zagreb 1932; 244:129-220.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Xenacoccus"; "Xenococcm"; "Xenococeus"; "Xenocoecus"; "Xenocoocus"; "Xenoeoccus"; "Xenoeoecus"; "Xeuococcus"; "Xonocowus".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "XECO" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Xenococcus chaetomorphae Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xenococcus chroococcoides Fritsch 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Xenococcus gilkeyae Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Xenococcus kerneri Hansgirg 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Xenococcus lajollai" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published
    Xenococcus lamellosus Gold-Morgan et al. 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xenococcus laysanensis Lemmermann 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xenococcus luteoviolaceus Komárek and Watanabe 1998	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xenococcus pallidus (Hansgirg 1889) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xenococcus schousboei Thuret 1880	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xenococcus spongiosum Konstantinou et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xenococcus willei Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xenococcus yellowstonensis Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Xenococcus yonedae Umezaki and Watanabe 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932

Assigned by: Ercegovic A. Ekoloske i socioloske studije o litofitskim cijanoficejama sa jugoslovenske obale Jadrana. Rad Jugoslovenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti Zagreb 1932; 244:129-220.

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Record number: 6483