Name: Aequorivita aquimaris (Thevarajoo et al. 2016) García-López et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Vitellibacter aquimaris Thevarajoo et al. 2016

Etymology: a.qui’ma.ris. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. gen. neut. n. maris, of the sea; N.L. gen. neut. n. aquimaris, of the water of the sea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KWI-ma-ris, feminine

Type strain: D-24; DSM 101732; KCTC 42708

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM569673 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aequorivita aquimaris (Thevarajoo et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Vitellibacter aquimaris Thevarajoo et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aequorivita aquimaris (Thevarajoo et al. 2016) Wang et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Aequorivita Bowman and Nichols 2002

Assigned by: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 240