Name: Aphanothece Nägeli 1849

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.pha.no.the’ce. Gr. fem. n. thêkê; N.L. fem. n. Aphanothece, an invisible box

Gender: feminine (stem: Aphanothec-)

Type species: Aphanothece microscopica 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), conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Coccochloris Sprengel 1807	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name
    Phylloderma Suringar 1872	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Cyanogastrum Schiller 1956	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Coccochloris Sprengel 1827	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name, later homonym

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014. 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.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014. 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.
  • 🧒 Cronberg and Komarek (1994) assigned the subgenus Anathece Cronberg and Komárek 1994 to this genus. Publication: Cronberg G, Komárek J. Planktic cyanoprokaryotes found in South Swedish lakes during the XIIth International Symposium on Cyanophyte Research, 1992. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1994; 105:333.
  • 🧒 Komarek (1995) assigned the subgenus "Cyanogastrum" (Schiller 1956) Komárek 1995 to this genus. Publication: Komárek J. Studies on the cyanophytes (cyanoprokaryotes) of Cuba 10. New and little known chroococcalean species. Folia Geobot. et Phytotax. 1995; 30:82.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Apanothece"; "Apbanotbeca"; "Apbmotbaca"; "Aphallothece"; "Aphanathece"; "Aphanolhece"; "Aphanotece"; "Aphanotheca"; "Aphanothere"; "Aphanotlzece"; "Aphapiothece"; "Aphauothece"; "Aphomothece"; "Aplianothece".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Komarek et al. (2011). 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: BRNM: 2; DSM: 2; BCRC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "AFTC" 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 (1921). Publication: Borge O. Die Algenflora des Tåkerns. Fauna och flora utgiven av Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 1921; 1921:3-48.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 69
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 89
Total number of child taxa: 94

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aphanothece alascense (Hortobágyi and Hilliard 1965) Bourrelly 1970	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Aphanothece alascensis corrig. (Hortobágyi and Hilliard 1965) Bourrelly 1970	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece atrocrustacea Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece bachmannii Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece bacilloidea Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece bacteriosa Komárek and Komárková-Legnerová 2007	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece biceps Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece botryosus Obuchova 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece bullosa (Kützing 1835) Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece caldariorum Richter 1880	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece cancellata Zalessky 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece castagnei (Kützing 1846) Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Aphanothece chlorina" (Lauterborn 1913) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published	preferred name
    Aphanothece clathrata West and West 1906	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Aphanothece clathratiformis" Szafer 1910	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    Aphanothece coacervata Lemes da Silva et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece coerulescens Braun 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece cohenii Campbell and Golubic 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece comasii Komárková-Legnerová and Tavera 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece conferta Richter 1893	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece conglomerata Rich 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece curvata Lagerheim 1883	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece cylindracea (Gardner 1927) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece densa Lemes da Silva et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece desikacharyi Hindák 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece elabens (Brébisson ex Meneghini 1842) Elenkin 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece elabens (Brébisson ex Meneghini 1842) Drouet and Daily 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    "Aphanothece ellipsoidea" (Schröder 1917) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published	synonym
    Aphanothece endophytica (West and West 1912) Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece excentrica Lemes da Silva et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece ferriglobula Dorff 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece floccosa (Zalessky 1926) Cronberg and Komárek 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece gelatinosa (Hennings 1893) Lemmermann 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece gelatinosa Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym	in need of a replacement
    Aphanothece glebulenta Zalessky 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece goetzei Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece gracilis Schiller 1954	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece granulosa (Gardner 1927) Komárek and Komárkova-Legnerová 2007	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece halophytica Frémy 1933	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece hardersii Schiller 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece hegewaldii Kovácik 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece karukerae Lami 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece krumbeinii Campbell and Golubic 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece laxa (Kützing 1846) Rabenhorst 1863	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece lebrunii Duvigneaud and Symoens 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece lemnae Chu 1952	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece longior Naumann 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece luteola Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece margaritacea (Kützing 1845) Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece marina (Ercegović 1932) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece maritima Johansen and Flechtner 2008	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece membranacea (Rabenhorst 1865) Bornet 1891	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece microscopica Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece microsphaera Ruttner 1952	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece microspora (Meneghini 1842) Rabenhorst 1863	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece minor Frémy 1941	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece minuta (Agardh 1827) Migula 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece minuta (Agardh 1827) Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Aphanothece minutissima (West 1912) Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece mooreana (Harvey 1841) Lagerheim 1883	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece naegelii Wartmann 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece nebulosa Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece nidulans Richter 1884	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece nostocopsis Skuja 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece opalescens Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece packardii (Farlow ex Forti 1907) Setchell 1917	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece pallida (Kützing 1845) Rabenhorst 1863	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece parallela Szafer 1910	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece paralleliformis corrig. Cronberg 2003	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece parallelliformis Cronberg 2003	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Aphanothece piscinalis Rabenhorst 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece prasina Braun 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece protohydrae Häyrén 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece pulverulenta Bachmann 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece rubra Liebetanz 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece sacrum (Suringar 1872) Okada 1953	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece saxicola Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece shiloi Campbell and Golubić 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece smithii Komárková-Legnerová and Cronberg 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece stagnina (Sprengel 1807) Braun 1863	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece stratus Komárek and Cronberg 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Aphanothece stuhlmannii Hieronymus 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece subachroa Hansgirg 1890	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece subsalina Komárek and Komárkova-Legnerová 2007	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece sulphurica Szafer 1910	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece thermicola Hindák 1978	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece trentepohlii Grunow 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece tuberculosa (Areschoug 1867) Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece uliginosa Taylor 1928	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece utahensis Tilden 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece vaginata Lemes da Silva et al. 2010	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece variabilis (Schiller 1956) Komárek 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece viennensis Schiller 1954	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aphanothece zulanirae Werner and Sant'Anna 2000	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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