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Monotypic taxon: Class Gloeobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 nom. rej. (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 ex) T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002, nom. rej.
Unavailable original name & spelling Cavalier-Smith, T. 1998. Biol. Rev. 73: tbl. 2 (p. 218: "Subphylum"). [nom. inval.].
Original name, rank & spelling Cavalier-Smith, T. 2002a. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "(Cavalier-Smith, 1998) classis nov.").

Validation

Validating description/diagnosisGloeobacteria (Subdivision) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval. Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "As for subdivision above"). [new]

Etymology

Derived fromGloeobacter (Genus) Rippka et al. 1974 nom. inval. Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "the only known genus"). [new]

Attributes

Validly published name under the ICNP [ICNP, 2022: App. 7 (IJSEM)] Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [29 Nov 2025].
Rejected name (nom. rej.) [ICNP, 2019: Rule 56a] Ref: G.M. Garrity et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 61: 2779 [Minute 22(1)(iii)]. [new] [implicit]
Rejected name (nom. rej.) [ICNP, 2019: Rule 56a] Ref: B.J. Tindall, 2014. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 64 (10): 3599. [new]

Types

Type, by original designation and monotypyGloeobacterales (Order) Cavalier-Smith 2002 nom. inval., nom. rej. Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10). [new]

Variants

Different rankGloeobacterophycideae (Subclass) Hoffmann, Komárek & Kaštovský (2005), nom. inval., orth. inval.
Name in former code of nomenclatureGloeobacterophyceae (Class) Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 4).

Synonyms

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