Name: Chroococcopsis Geitler 1925

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. opsis, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Chroococcopsis

Gender: feminine (stem: Chroococcopsid-)

Type species: Chroococcopsis gigantea Geitler 1925

Valid publication: Geitler L. Über neue oder wenig bekannte interessante Cyanophyceen aus der Gruppe der Chamaesiphonaceae. Archiv für Protistenkunde 1925; 51:321-360.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Chroococeopsis"; "Chrooeoccopsis"; "Chrooroccopsis"; "Jhroococcopsis".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chroococcopsis chroococcoides (Fritsch 1929) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Chroococcopsis fluviatilis (Lagerheim 1888) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Chroococcopsis gelatinosa" (Geitler 1933) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published
    Chroococcopsis gigantea Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925

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: 6434