Name: Gloeocapsopsis Geitler ex Komárek 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gloe.o.caps.op’sis. Gr. fem. n. opsis, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Gloeocapsopsis, that which appears similar to Gloeocapsa

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Gloeocapsopsid-), glo͡e-o-kaps-OP-sis

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, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 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 [Protococcus]. Publication: Thuret G. Sur quelques algues nouvelles. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 1854; 2:387-389.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Gloeocapsa Kützing 1843. Publication: Bornet É, Thuret G. Notes algologiques recueil d'observations sur les algues. Fasc. 1. G. Masson, Paris, 1876.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Chroococcus Nägeli 1849. Publication: Hansgirg A. Physiologische und algologische Studien. Buchdruckerei Alois R. Laurmann. - Verlag von Franz Borovy, Prag, 1887.
  • 🚋 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pleurocapsa Thuret 1885. Publication: De Toni G. Noterelle di nomenclatura algologica. I. Alcuni casi di omonimia (Missoficee). Privately published, Brescia, 1934.
  • 🙄 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; LEGE: 2; BRNM: 1; TNS: 1; CCAP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 15

• 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
    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
    Gloeocapsopsis expansa Hentschke and Oliveira 2025	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeocapsopsis ferruginea Komárek and Watanabe 1998	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Gloeocapsopsis magma" (Brébisson 1835) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986	not validly published	synonym
    Gloeocapsopsis magma (Brébisson 1835) Komárek and Anagnostidis ex Komárek 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeocapsopsis pleurocapsoides (Nováček 1934) Komárek and Anagnostidis ex Komárek 1993	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Gloeocapsopsis pleurocapsoides" (Nováček 1934) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986	not validly published	synonym
    "Gloeocapsopsis polyedrica" (Ercegović 1925) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	not validly published	synonym

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. 🇨🇿

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