Genus Aphanothece

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

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

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: 6367
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