Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:	T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998/2002, stat. inval.
Original name, rank & spelling	:	Cavalier-Smith, T. 1998. Biol. Rev. 73: tbl. 2 (p. 218: "subphyl. nov.").
Validating publication	:	Cavalier-Smith, T. 2002a. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "subdivisio nov."; "phyla (=divisions)").
Description/Diagnosis in English	:	op. cit.: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "Description").

Validation

Validated name

Gloeobacteria (Class) Cavalier-Smith 2002 nom. rej.

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "As for subdivision above"). [new]

Derived from

Gloeobacter (Genus) Rippka et al. 1974 nom. inval.

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "the only known genus"). [new]

Prokaryotic name (: nom. prok.) [ICNB/ICNP]				Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "Bacteriological (= Prokaryotic) Code"). [new]
Effectively, but not validly, published name (nom. inval.) [ICNP, 2019: Rule 25, App. 7 (IJSEM)]				Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [29 Nov 2025].
Rank not covered by the Code (stat. inval.) [ICNP, 2025: Rule 5b]				Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 26 Nov 2025.

Type, by original designation and monotypy

Gloeobacterales (Order) Cavalier-Smith 2002 nom. inval., nom. rej.

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10). [new]

Equivalent rank

Gloeobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval.

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "phyla (=divisions)"). [new] [implicit]