Etymology:Gloe.o.cap.so.mor’pha.N.L. fem. n.Gloeocapsa, a cyanobacterial genus; Gr. fem. n.morphê, shape; N.L. fem. n.Gloeocapsomorpha, an organism shaped like Gloeocapsa
Valid publication:
Zalesskij MD. Sur le sapropélite marin de l’âge silurien formé par une algue cyanophycée. Ezeg. Russk. Paleontol. Obšč. 1918; 1:25-42.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Notes:
🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885.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.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Gleocapsomorpha"; "Glococapsamorpha"; "Gloeacapsomorpha"; "Gloecapsomorpha"; "Gloeocapsamorpha"; "Gloeoeapsamorpha"; "Uloeocapsomorpha".
🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably fossil cyanophyte genus.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.
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