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Genus Coelocystis
Etymology: Coe.lo.cys’tis. Gr. masc. adj. koîlos, hollow; Gr. fem. n. kystis, a bladder; N.L. fem. n. Coelocystis, a hollow bladder
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Coelocyst-), ko͡e-lo-KYS-tis
Type species: Coelocystis kuetzingiana (Nägeli 1849) Nägeli 1849
Valid publication: Kützing FT. Species algarum. F.A. Brockhaus, Lipsiae, 1849.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
Correct name: Coelosphaerium Nägeli 1849
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Hydroepicoccum De Notaris 1869 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Coelosphaerium Nägeli 1849 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Gomphosphaerioideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Coelosphaerium Nägeli 1849. Publication: Nägeli C. Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 1849; 10:1-139.
- 🧍 Later homotypic synonym of Coelosphaerium Nägeli 1849. See also Hansgirg (1892). Publication: Hansgirg A. Prodromus der Algenflora von Böhmen. Zweiter Theil welcher die blaugrünen Algen (Myxophyceen, Cyanophyceen), nebst Nachträgen zum ersten Theile und einer systmatischen Bearbeitung der in Böhmen verbreiten saprophytischen Bacterien und Euglenen enhält. Mit den Opitz-Preise Gekrönte Arbeit. Auf Kosten des Opitz-Fondes. Archiv der naturwissenschaftl. Landesdurchforschung von Böhmen VIII. Band, Nro. 4. (Botanische Abtheilung.). F. Řivnáč, Prague, 1893.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Coelocystis kuetzingiana (Nägeli 1849) Nägeli 1849 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name synonym
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 
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Record number: 18056
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