Aegeococcus thuretii Konstantinou & Gkelis 2020

Publication Details
Aegeococcus thuretii Konstantinou & Gkelis 2020: [11], fig. 9 C, D (as 'thureti')

Published in: Konstantinou, D., Voultsiadou, E., Panteris, E. & Gkelis, S. (2020). Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: novel genera and species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155: [1-16], 9 figs, 3 tables.

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Publication date: "Available online 22 October 2020"

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Aegeococcus is Aegeococcus anagnostidisii Konstantinou & Gkelis.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: "Porto Valitsa, Kassandra, Chalkidiki Peninsula, Greece"; (Konstantinou & al. 2020: [11]) Holotype: October 10, 2014; depth of 19.3 m; found to live in association with the sponge Stryphnus ponderosus (Bowerbank, 1866).; TAU; (Konstantinou & al. 2020: [11]) Notes: Reference Strain: TAU-MAC 2015T, Thessaloniki Aristotle University Microalgae and Cyanobacteria (TAU-MAC) culture collection.

Eponomy
Named for "Gustave Thuret (1817–1895), a noted French botanist who carried out intense research on marine algae and, among others, established the marine cyanobacterial genus Xenococcus."

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 January 2021 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 January 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 May 2025