Name: Epigloeosphaera Komárková-Legnerová 1991

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. prep. epi, situated on the surface (also as adverb); gloeo, mucilaginous; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Epigloeosphaera

Gender: feminine (stem: Epigloeosphaer-)

Type species: Epigloeosphaera glebulenta (Zalessky 1926) Komárková-Legnerová 1991

Valid publication: Komárková-Legnerová J. Epigloeosphaera, a new cyanophyte genus from Nordic lakes. Algological Studies 1991; 62:7-12.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. 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 Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. 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 Aphanothece Nägeli 1849. Publication: Zalessky MM. Sur les nouvelles algues découvertes dans le sapropélogéne du lac Beloe. Revue Générale de Botanique 1926; 38:31-42.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Epiglocosphaera".

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Epigloeosphaera brasilica Azevedo et al. 2003	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epigloeosphaera filamentosa Komárek and Cronberg 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Epigloeosphaera glebulenta (Zalessky 1926) Komárková-Legnerová 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Cymatolegaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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: 6256