Name: Herpetosiphon Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Gr. neut. n. herpeton, gliding animal, reptile; Gr. masc. n. siphôn, tube, pipe; N.L. masc. n. Herpetosiphon, gliding tube
Gender: masculine (stem: Herpetosiphon-)
Type species: Herpetosiphon aurantiacus Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Holt JG, Lewin RA. Herpetosiphon aurantiacus gen. et sp. n., a new filamentous gliding organism. J Bacteriol 1968; 95:2407-2408.
IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 9
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Herpetosiphon aurantiacus Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Herpetosiphon cohaerens Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Herpetosiphon geysericola (Copeland 1936) Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Herpetosiphon giganteus (ex Reichenbach and Golecki 1975) Pan et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Herpetosiphon gulosus Pan et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Herpetosiphon llansteffanense Livingstone et al. 2019 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Herpetosiphon llansteffanensis corrig. Livingstone et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Herpetosiphon nigricans Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Herpetosiphon persicus Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Parent taxon: Herpetosiphonaceae Gupta et al. 2013
Assigned by: Gupta RS, Chander P, George S. Phylogenetic framework and molecular signatures for the class Chloroflexi and its different clades; proposal for division of the class Chloroflexia class. nov. [corrected] into the suborder Chloroflexineae subord. nov., consisting of the emended family Oscillochloridaceae and the family Chloroflexaceae fam. nov., and the suborder Roseiflexineae subord. nov., containing the family Roseiflexaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:99-119.
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Record number: 515798