Name: Moritella Urakawa et al. 1999
Etymology: Mor.it.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Moritella, named after Richard Y. Morita to honor his work in marine microbiology
Gender: feminine (stem: Moritell-)
Type species: Moritella marina (Baumann et al. 1984 ex Russell 1892) Urakawa et al. 1999
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Urakawa H, Kita-Tsukamoto K, Steven SE, Ohwada K, Colwell RR. A proposal to transfer Vibrio marinus (Russell 1891) to a new genus Moritella gen. nov. as Moritella marina comb. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998; 165:373-378.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 69. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:341-342.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Moritella abyssi Xu et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Moritella dasanensis Kim et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Moritella japonica Nogi et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Moritella marina (Baumann et al. 1984 ex Russell 1892) Urakawa et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Moritella profunda Xu et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Moritella viscosa (Lunder et al. 2000) Benediktsdóttir et al. 2000 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Moritella yayanosii Nogi and Kato 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Moritellaceae Ivanova et al. 2004
Assigned by: Ivanova EP, Flavier S, Christen R. Phylogenetic relationships among marine Alteromonas-like proteobacteria: emended description of the family Alteromonadaceae and proposal of Pseudoalteromonadaceae fam. nov., Colwelliaceae fam. nov., Shewanellaceae fam. nov., Moritellaceae fam. nov., Ferrimonadaceae fam. nov., Idiomarinaceae fam. nov. and Psychromonadaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1773-1788.
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Record number: 516126