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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Aquimarina mycalae

Name: Aquimarina mycalae Moon et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: my’ca.lae. N.L. gen. fem. n. mycalae, of the sponge genus Mycale

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-kwi-ma-RI-na MY-ka-la͡e, feminine

Type strain: 2201CG14-23; JCM 36755; KACC 23588

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16S rRNA gene: OQ860223 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Moon YL, Han SM, Kim KH, Park JS. Four novel species of the genus Aquimarina isolated from marine sponges: Aquimarina callyspongiae sp. nov., Aquimarina mycalae sp. nov., Aquimarina discodermiae sp. nov., and Aquimarina penaris sp. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2025; 118:150. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 228. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7052.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Aquimarina Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Assigned by: Moon YL, Han SM, Kim KH, Park JS. Four novel species of the genus Aquimarina isolated from marine sponges: Aquimarina callyspongiae sp. nov., Aquimarina mycalae sp. nov., Aquimarina discodermiae sp. nov., and Aquimarina penaris sp. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2025; 118:150. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 67338

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