Name: Eucapsis Clements and Shantz 1909

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. adv. eû, beautiful; Gr. fem. n. kapsis, a small box, referring to the cubical colony; N.L. fem. n. Eucapsis

Gender: feminine (stem: Eucaps-)

Type species: Eucapsis alpina Clements and Shantz 1909

Valid publication: Clements FE, Shantz HL. A new genus of blue-green algae. Minnesota Botanical Studies 1909; 4:133-135.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Eacapsis"; "Eiicapsis"; "Iiucapsis".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "EUCP" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Eucapsis alpina Clements and Shantz 1909	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933

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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