Name: "Ancyromonas ruminantium" Certes 1889

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru.mi.nan’ti.um. N.L. gen. pl. n. ruminantium, of ruminants [probably better: ruminantiorum]

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 12561; DSM 2150; GA192

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Original publication: Certes A. Note sur les microorganismes de la panse des ruminants. Bulletin de la Société Zoologie Française 1889; 14:70-73.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, lectotype

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Selenomonas ruminantium (Certes 1889) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Selenomonas ruminantium (Certes 1889) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Ancyromonas" Kent 1881. Publication: Kent W. A manual of the Infusoria; including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate and tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organisation and affinities of the sponges, Vol. I. David Bogue, London, 1881.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Parent taxon: "Ancyromonas" Kent 1881

Assigned by: Certes A. Note sur les microorganismes de la panse des ruminants. Bulletin de la Société Zoologie Française 1889; 14:70-73.

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Record number: 4205