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WoRMS taxon details

Opitutae

AphiaID

564176 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564176)

Classification

Authority

Choo, Lee, Song & Cho, 2007

Status

accepted

Rank

Class

Parent

Verrucomicrobia

Direct children (2)

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Order Opitutales
Order Puniceicoccales

Environment

marine

Original description

Choo, Y.-J., Lee, K., Song, J., and Cho, J.-C. "Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutataceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov., in the phylum Verrucomicrobia." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2007) 57:532-537., available online at https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64616-0 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Opitutae. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564176 on 2025-07-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-03-04 08:15:42Z

created

Trias Verbeeck, Aina

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Choo, Y.-J., Lee, K., Song, J., and Cho, J.-C. "Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutataceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov., in the phylum Verrucomicrobia." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2007) 57:532-537., available online at https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64616-0 [details]