The prokaryotic generic names
Thalassobius
Arahal et al. 2005 and
Yangia
Dai et al. 2006 are illegitimate because they are later homonyms of the genus names
Thalassobius
Solier 1849 (Coleoptera) and
Yangia
Zheng 1997 (fossil Rodentia), respectively Principle two and Rule 51b(4) of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes]. We therefore propose the replacement generic names Thalassovita and Alloyangia, with type species Thalassovita gelatinovora and Alloyangia pacifica, respectively.