Name: "Leptospiria" Cavalier-Smith 2020

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Lep.to.spi’ri.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Leptospiria, the Leptospirales class

Gender: neuter

Type order: "Leptospirales" corrig. Gupta et al. 2013

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Spirochaetia Paster 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brevinematia Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Brachyspiria Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Leptospiria Chuvochina et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Spirochaetia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Spirochaetia Paster 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Spirochaetes Cavalier-Smith 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the phylum "Spirochaetae" (Ehrenberg 1855) Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the order Leptospirales Gupta et al. 2014 to this class. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🚃 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Spirochaetes Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Gupta RS, Mahmood S, Adeolu M. Erratum: A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the Phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phylum. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:322.
  • 🚋 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class Spirochaetia Paster 2020. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Cavalier Smith) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Cavalier Smith and Chao).

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