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Genus Aphanocapsaopsis
Name: Aphanocapsaopsis Maithy and Shukla 1977
Etymology: A.pha.no.cap.sa.op’sis. N.L. fem. n. Aphanocapsaopsis, With reference to morphological similarity to the modern algae of the genus Aphanocapsa Nag.
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Aphanocapsaopsid-), a-pha-no-kap-sa-OP-sis
Type species: Aphanocapsaopsis sitholeyi corrig. Maithy and Shukla 1977
Valid publication:
Maithy PK, Shukla M. Microbiota from the Suket Shales, Ramapura, Vindhyan System (Late Pre-Cambrian), Madhya Pradesh. Palaeobotanist 1977; 23:178. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Aphanocapsaopsis ramapuraensis Maithy and Shukla 1977 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Aphanocapsaopsis sitholeyi corrig. Maithy and Shukla 1977 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Aphanocapsaopsis sitholeyii Maithy and Shukla 1977 inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) misspelling
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Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863
Assigned by:
Maithy PK, Shukla M. Microbiota from the Suket Shales, Ramapura, Vindhyan System (Late Pre-Cambrian), Madhya Pradesh. Palaeobotanist 1977; 23:178.
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Record number: 41809
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