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Taxon: Class Chroobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 nom. rej. (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002, nom. rej.
Original name, rank & spelling:  Cavalier-Smith, T. 2002a. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "classis nov.").
Description/Diagnosis in English:  op. cit.: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "Description").

Etymology

Derived from: Chroococcus (Genus) Nägeli 1849 nom. inval. Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10). [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: Chroococcales (Order) Cavalier-Smith 2002 nom. illeg., nom. rej. Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10). [new]

Synonyms

Accepted name: Oscillatoriophycideae (Subclass) Hoffmann, Komárek & Kaštovský (2005), nom. inval., orth. inval.
Including: Coccogoneae (Class) Thuret (1875)
Including: Gloeobacteria (Class) Cavalier-Smith 2002 nom. rej.
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