Name: Xenococcus Thuret 1880

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Xenococcus

Gender: masculine

Type species: Xenococcus schousboei Thuret 1880

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

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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Xenococcus schousboei Thuret 1880	validly published under the ICN	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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