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Genus Coelosphaeriopsis
Name: Coelosphaeriopsis Lemmermann 1899
Etymology: Coe.lo.sphae.ri.op’sis. N.L. neut. n. Coelosphaerium, a cyanobacterial genus; Gr. fem. n. opsis, aspect, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Coelosphaeriopsis, that which appears similar to Coelosphaerium
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Coelosphaeriopsid-), ko͡e-lo-spha͡e-ri-OP-sis
Type species: Coelosphaeriopsis halophila Lemmermann 1899
Valid publication: Lemmermann E. Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific. (H. Schauinsland 1896/97.) Planktonalgen. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 1899; 16:313-398.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Coelosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933. 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.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Coelosphaerium Nägeli 1849. Publication: Geitler L. Cyanophyceae. In: Pascher AE (eds), Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. Vol.12, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1925, p. 1-450.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ccelospliariopsis"; "Coebsphaeriopsis"; "Coelosphaenopsis"; "Coelosphaeropsis".
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Coelosphaeriopsis chlamydocystis (Skuja 1964) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Coelosphaeriopsis halophila Lemmermann 1899 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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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: 6267
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