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Name: Coelocystis Nägeli 1849

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

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 (Latin): 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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Coelosphaerium Nägeli 1849

  • Notes:
    • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
    • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily Gomphosphaerioideae (Elenkin 1933) Komárek and Hindák 1988. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 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 systematischen Bearbeitung der in Böhmen verbreiten saprophytischen Bacterien und Euglenen enhält. Mit dem 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.

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 18056