Name: "Candidatus Epulopiscium fishelsoni" Montgomery and Pollak 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: fi.shel’son.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. fishelsoni, the species name honors Professor Lev Fishelson, discoverer of the organism, in honor of his multidisciplinary contributions to marine biology and to the education of many, both amateur and professional, who find fascination in the sea

Gender: neuter

Type strain: USNM 40601

Original publication: Montgomery WL, Pollak PE. Epulopiscium fishelsoni n. g., n. sp., a protist of uncertain taxonomic affinities from the gut of a herbivorous reef fish. J Protozool 1988; 35:565-569.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Epulonipiscium fishelsonii" corrig. Montgomery and Pollak 1988

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Epulonipiscium fishelsonii" corrig. Montgomery and Pollak 1988	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Epulopiscium" Montgomery and Pollak 1988. Publication: Montgomery WL, Pollak PE. Epulopiscium fishelsoni n. g., n. sp., a protist of uncertain taxonomic affinities from the gut of a herbivorous reef fish. J Protozool 1988; 35:565-569.
  • 🧍 Proposed as Candidatus name because only deposited on a slide. Publication: Murray RG, Stackebrandt E. Taxonomic note: implementation of the provisional status Candidatus for incompletely described procaryotes. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:186-187.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Epulopiscium" Montgomery and Pollak 1988

Assigned by: Montgomery WL, Pollak PE. Epulopiscium fishelsoni n. g., n. sp., a protist of uncertain taxonomic affinities from the gut of a herbivorous reef fish. J Protozool 1988; 35:565-569.

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Record number: 953