Name: Aphanocapsa Nägeli 1849

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.pha.no.cap’sa. Gr. neut. adj. aphanes, invisible; L. fem. n. capsa, box; N.L. fem. n. Aphanocapsa, an invisible box

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Aphanocaps-), a-p^ha-no-KAP-sa

Type species: Aphanocapsa parietina Nägeli 1849

Valid publication: Nägeli C. Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 1849; 10:1-139.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Bennett and Murray (1889) assigned this genus to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886. Publication: Bennett AW, Murray G. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1889.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🧒 Hansgirg (1885) assigned the uncategorized "Porphyridium" to this genus. Publication: Hansgirg A. Ueber den Polymorphismus der Algen. Botanisches Centralblatt 1885; 22:246-406.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Microcystis Kützing 1833. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh Cyanophyceae, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Obshchaya chast' [Blue-green algae of the USSR. Monograph of freshwater and terrestrial Syanofiseae found within the USSR. A common part]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow & Leningrad, 1936.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Afthanocapsa"; "Ajjhanocapsa"; "Alphanocapsa"; "Anlzunocapsa"; "Apbanocapsa"; "Aphaflocapsa"; "Aphallocapsa"; "Aphalmcapsa"; "Aphamocapsa"; "Aphanacapsa"; "Aphanccapsa"; "Aphanczcapsa"; "Aphanecapsa"; "Aphaneeapsa"; "Aphanocapsea"; "Aphanocasa"; "Aphanocepsa"; "Aphanocopsa"; "Aphanoctpsa"; "Aphanocupsa"; "Aphanocwpsa"; "Aphanoeapsa"; "Aphanoecapsa"; "Aphanoenpsa"; "Aphaoocapsa"; "Aphariocapsa"; "Aphauocapsa"; "Aphcmocapsa"; "Aphnnocnpsa"; "Aphomocapsa"; "Aphunocapsa"; "Apimnocapsa"; "Apkanocapsa"; "Aplianocapsa"; "Aplmnocapsa"; "Apltanocapsa"; "Aplwnocapsa"; "Aplzanocapsa"; "Aplzanocupsa".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Komarek and Cronberg (2001). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BISH: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "AFCP" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 See also Borge (1906). Publication: Borge O. Beiträge zur Algenflora von Schweden. Arkiv für Botanik 1906; 6:1-88.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 67
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 75
Total number of child taxa: 82

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aphanocapsa albida Zeller 1873	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa annulata McGregor 2007	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa anodontae Hansgirg 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa arctica Whelden 1947	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa aurantia (Agardh 1824) Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa benaresensis Bharadwaja 1935	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa biformis Braun 1880	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Aphanocapsa biformis" Braun 1876	not validly published	synonym
    Aphanocapsa botryoides Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa brunnea (Braun ex Kützing 1849) Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa castagnei (Kützing 1846) Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa concharum Hansgirg 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanocapsa conferta (West and West 1912) Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa crassa Ghose 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa cruenta (Smith 1807) Hansgirg 1885	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa cumulus Komárek and Cronberg 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa delicatissima West and West 1912	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa depressa (Berkeley 1832) Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa distans Zalessky 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa elachista West and West 1894	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa endolithica Ercegović 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa endophytica Smith 1920	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa farlowiana Drouet and Daily 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa feldmanni Frémy 1933	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Aphanocapsa feldmannii corrig. Frémy 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa ferruginea Beck-Mannagetta 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa flava (Kützing 1846) Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa florae Lami 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa fonticola Hansgirg 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Aphanocapsa fonticola" Hansgirg 1889	not validly published	synonym
    Aphanocapsa fremyi Beljakova 2000	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa fuscolutea Hansgirg 1888	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa grevillei (Berkeley 1832) Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Aphanocapsa holsatica" (Lemmermann 1903) Cronberg and Komárek 1994	not validly published	synonym
    Aphanocapsa howei Collins 1920	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa incerta (Lemmermann 1899) Cronberg and Komárek 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa intertexta Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa koordersii Strøm 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa kovacekii Beljakova 2004	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa lewisii Keefe 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa lilacina Miscoe and Johansen 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa litoralis Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa litoralis (Hansgirg 1890) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym	synonym
    Aphanocapsa marina Hansgirg 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanocapsa membranacea Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanocapsa muscicola (Meneghini 1842) Wille 1919	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa naegelii Richter 1884	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa nebulosa Braun 1876	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa nivalis Lagerheim 1894	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa nubila corrig. Komárek and Kling 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa nubilum Komárek and Kling 1991	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Aphanocapsa orae (Kossinskaja 1948) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa paludosa Rabenhorst 1863	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa parasitica (Kützing 1843) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa parietina Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa planctonica (Smith 1920) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa protea (Copeland 1936) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa pulchra (Kützing 1849) Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa pusilla Vogel 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa raspaigellae (Hauck 1888) Frémy 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanocapsa reinboldii (Richter 1891) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa rivularis (Carmichael 1833) Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa robertilamii Frémy 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa roeseana De Bary 1870	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Aphanocapsa rufescens" Hansgirg 1889	not validly published	synonym
    "Aphanocapsa rufescens" Hansgirg 1892	not validly published	preferred name
    Aphanocapsa salina Woronichin 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa salinarum Hansgirg 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanocapsa sesciacensis Frémy 1928	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa sideroderma Naumann 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa siderosphaera Naumann 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa smaragdina (Hauck 1888) Hansgirg 1889	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa sordida (Kützing 1834) Migula 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa stagnalis (Lemmermann 1900) Beljakova 2004	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa testacea (Braun 1849) Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa thermalis Brügger 1863	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa tolliana Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa venezuelae Schiller 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa violacea Grunow 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa virescens (Hassall 1845) Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa wittrockii (Richter 1882) Hansgirg 1885	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa zanardinii (Hauck 1877) Hansgirg 1889	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51. 🇨🇿

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