Name: Aphanocapsa Nägeli 1849

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.pha.no.cap.sa. L. fem. n. capsa, box; N.L. fem. n. Aphanocapsa

Gender: feminine (stem: Aphanocaps-)

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:
  • 🧕 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 Schaffner 1922. 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.
  • 🙄 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"; "Aphanocasa"; "Aphanocupsa"; "Aphanocwpsa"; "Aphanoeapsa"; "Aphanoenpsa"; "Aphaoocapsa"; "Aphariocapsa"; "Aphauocapsa"; "Aphcmocapsa"; "Aphnnocnpsa"; "Aphomocapsa"; "Aphunocapsa"; "Apimnocapsa"; "Apkanocapsa"; "Aplianocapsa"; "Aplmnocapsa"; "Apltanocapsa"; "Aplwnocapsa"; "Aplzanocapsa"; "Aplzanocupsa".
  • 🧍 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: 26
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 34
Total number of child taxa: 37

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aphanocapsa annulata McGregor 2007	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa benaresensis Bharadwaja 1935	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa botryoides Copeland 1936	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 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)	synonym
    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)	synonym
    Aphanocapsa endolithica Ercegović 1925	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 fremyi Beljakova 2000	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Aphanocapsa holsatica" (Lemmermann 1903) Cronberg and Komárek 1994	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    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 kovacekii Beljakova 2004	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	in need of a replacement
    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 1843) Wille 1919	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 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 reinboldii (Richter 1889) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa salina Woronichin 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanocapsa salinarum Hansgirg 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanocapsa stagnalis (Lemmermann 1900) Beljakova 2004	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa tolliana Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

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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Record number: 6366