Name: Aetokthonos hydrillicola Wilde and Johansen 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dril.li’co.la. N.L. fem. n. Hydrilla, a botanical genus (waterthyme); L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. hydrillicola, inhabiting Hydrilla (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a͡e-TO-kt^ho-nos hy-dril-LI-ko-la, masculine

Holotype: 217986; CCALA 1050; NMNH 217986; US 217986; US Algal collection 217986

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Valid publication: Wilde SB, Johansen JR, Wilde HD, Jiang P, Bartelme BA, Haynie RS. Aetokthonos hydrillicola gen. et sp. nov.: Epiphytic cyanobacteria on invasive aquatic plants implicated in Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy. Phytotaxa 2014; 181:243-260. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Aetokthonos Wilde and Johansen 2014. Publication: Wilde SB, Johansen JR, Wilde HD, Jiang P, Bartelme BA, Haynie RS. Aetokthonos hydrillicola gen. et sp. nov.: Epiphytic cyanobacteria on invasive aquatic plants implicated in Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy. Phytotaxa 2014; 181:243-260. 🇺🇸
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Wilde and Johansen) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Wilde et al.).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Aetokthonos Wilde and Johansen 2014

Assigned by: Wilde SB, Johansen JR, Wilde HD, Jiang P, Bartelme BA, Haynie RS. Aetokthonos hydrillicola gen. et sp. nov.: Epiphytic cyanobacteria on invasive aquatic plants implicated in Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy. Phytotaxa 2014; 181:243-260. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 6632