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.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Afthanocapsa"; "Ajjhanocapsa"; "Alphanocapsa"; "Anlzunocapsa"; "Aphaflocapsa"; "Aphallocapsa"; "Aphalmcapsa"; "Aphanacapsa"; "Aphanccapsa"; "Aphanczcapsa"; "Aphaneeapsa"; "Aphanocasa"; "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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 16
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 21
Total number of child taxa: 21

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aphanocapsa annulata MacGregor 2007	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 cumulus Komárek and Cronberg 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa feldmannii Frémy 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanocapsa intertexta Gardner 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 1890) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	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 nubila Komárek and Kling 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 salinarum Hansgirg 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanocapsa tolliana Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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Record number: 6366