Name: Sirenicapillaria stauglerae Berthold et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: stau’gle.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. stauglerae, named in honour of Elizabeth "Betty" Staugler for her work studies of coastal marine habitats and the "Eyes on Seagrass" Florida Sea Grant Extension programme, which first noted the emergence of this cyanobacterium blanketing areas that had previously been inhabited by seagrasses

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: si-re-ni-ka-pil-LA-ri-a STA͡U-gle-ra͡e, feminine

Holotype: BLCC-M121; US 227770

Valid publication: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sirenicapillaria Berthold et al. 2022. Publication: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20. 🇺🇸
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Sirenicapillaria Berthold et al. 2022

Assigned by: Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Laughinghouse HD. Recognizing novel cyanobacterial diversity in marine benthic mats, with the description of Sirenicapillariaceae fam. nov., two new genera, Sirenicapillaria gen. nov. and Tigrinifilum gen. nov., and seven new species. Phycologia 2022; 0:1-20. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 28285