Name: Gloeocapsopsis Geitler ex Komárek 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. opsis, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Gloeocapsopsis

Gender: feminine (stem: Gloeocapsopsid-)

Type species: Gloeocapsopsis crepidinum (Thuret 1854) Geitler ex Komárek 1993

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Komárek J. Validation of the genera Gloeocapsopsis and Asterocapsa (Cyanoprokaryota) with regard to species from Japan, Mexico and Himalayas. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series B (Botany) 1993; 19:19-37.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. 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 Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. 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 Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885. Publication: Ercegović A. Sur quelques types peu connus des Cyanophycées lithophytes. Archiv für Protistenkunde 1930; 71:361-376.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Glaeocapsopsis"; "Glococapsopsis"; "Gloeecapsopsis".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; CCAP: 1; TNS: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Gloeocapsopsis aurea Mataloni and Komárek 2004	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeocapsopsis chroococcoides (Nováček 1934) Komárek 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeocapsopsis crepidinum (Thuret 1854) Geitler ex Komárek 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Gloeocapsopsis cyanea" (Krieger 1944) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Gloeocapsopsis diffluens Jung et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeocapsopsis dulcis Jung et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeocapsopsis dvorakii (Nováček 1929) Komárek and Anagnostidis ex Komárek 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Gloeocapsopsis dvorakii" (Nováček 1929) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Gloeocapsopsis ferruginea Komárek and Watanabe 1998	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeocapsopsis magma (Brébisson 1835) Komárek and Anagnostidis ex Komárek 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Gloeocapsopsis magma" (Brébisson 1835) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Gloeocapsopsis pleurocapsoides" (Nováček 1934) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Gloeocapsopsis pleurocapsoides (Nováček 1934) Komárek and Anagnostidis ex Komárek 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Gloeocapsopsis polyedrica" (Ercegović 1925) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Chroococcidiopsidaceae Geitler ex Büdel et al. 2012

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.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/gloeocapsopsisCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 6446