Name: Aphanothece Nägeli 1849

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Aphanothece

Gender: feminine

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phylloderma Suringar 1872	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Aphanothecaceae (Komárek et 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aphanothece clathrata West and West 1906	validly published under the ICN	synonym
    "Aphanothece clathratiformis" Szafer 1910	not validly published
    Aphanothece halophytica Frémy 1933	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Aphanothece microscopica Nägeli 1849	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Aphanothece nidulans Richter 1884	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Aphanothece sacrum (Suringar 1872) Okada 1953	validly published under the ICN	correct name

Parent taxon: Aphanothecaceae (Komárek et Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014

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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