Name: Litchfieldella anticariensis (Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004) de la Haba et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Halomonas anticariensis Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004

Etymology: an.ti.ca.ri.en’sis. L. fem. adj. anticariensis, pertaining to Antequera, originally the Roman city of Anticaria, in the province of Málaga, southern Spain, where the strains were isolated

Pronunciation, gender: an-ti-ka-ri-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CECT 5854; CIP 108499; DSM 16096; FP35; LMG 22089

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY034384 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: de la Haba RR, Arahal DR, Sanchez-Porro C, Chuvochina M, Wittouck S, Hugenholtz P, Ventosa A. A long-awaited taxogenomic investigation of the family Halomonadaceae. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1293707.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 216. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6229.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Halomonas anticariensis Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halomonas anticariensis Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Litchfieldella de la Haba et al. 2024. Publication: de la Haba RR, Arahal DR, Sanchez-Porro C, Chuvochina M, Wittouck S, Hugenholtz P, Ventosa A. A long-awaited taxogenomic investigation of the family Halomonadaceae. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1293707.
  • ❗ Litchfieldella anticariensis 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 Litchfieldella.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Litchfieldella de la Haba et al. 2024

Assigned by: de la Haba RR, Arahal DR, Sanchez-Porro C, Chuvochina M, Wittouck S, Hugenholtz P, Ventosa A. A long-awaited taxogenomic investigation of the family Halomonadaceae. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1293707.

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Record number: 46618