Name: Aequorivita todarodis (Kim et al. 2018) Wang et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Vitellibacter todarodis Kim et al. 2018

Etymology: to.da.ro’dis. N.L. gen. masc. n. todarodis, of the squid Todarodes pacificus, from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: KCTC 62141; MYP2-2; NBRC 113025

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF962575 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang Q, Cai SD, Liu J, Zhang DC. Aequorivita sinensis sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the East China Sea, and reclassification of Vitellibacter todarodis as Aequorivita todarodis comb. nov. and Vitellibacter aquimaris as Aequorivita aquimaris comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3323-3327.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4421-4424.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aequorivita todarodis (Kim et al. 2018) Zhang et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Vitellibacter todarodis Kim et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aequorivita todarodis (Kim et al. 2018) Zhang et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Later isonym of Aequorivita todarodis (Kim et al. 2018) Zhang et al. 2020. Publication: Zhang S, Zhou H, Sun C, Hu Z, Wang H. Aequorivita lutea sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the estuarine sediment of the Pearl River in China, and transfer of Vitellibacter todarodis and Vitellibacter aquimaris to the genus Aequorivita as Aequorivita todarodis comb. nov. and Aequorivita aquimaris comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3117-3122.

Parent taxon: Aequorivita Bowman and Nichols 2002

Assigned by: Wang Q, Cai SD, Liu J, Zhang DC. Aequorivita sinensis sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the East China Sea, and reclassification of Vitellibacter todarodis as Aequorivita todarodis comb. nov. and Vitellibacter aquimaris as Aequorivita aquimaris comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3323-3327.

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