Name: Falsiruegeria litorea (Lucena et al. 2014) Liang et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Tropicibacter litoreus Lucena et al. 2014

Etymology: li.to’re.a. L. fem. adj. litorea, of seashore

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fal-si-ru͡e-GE-ri-a li-TO-re-a, feminine

Type strain: CECT 7639; KCTC 23353; R37

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE860713 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 202. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5096.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ruegeria litorea (Lucena et al. 2014) Wirth and Whitman 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ruegeria litorea (Lucena et al. 2014) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tropicibacter litoreus Lucena et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Falsiruegeria litorea is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Falsiruegeria.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 Liang et al. (2021) incorrectly give Ruegeria litorea (Lucena et al. 2014) Wirth and Whitman 2018 as basonym. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱

Parent taxon: Falsiruegeria Liang et al. 2021

Assigned by: Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 3773