Name: Monocapsa Itzigsohn 1853

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mo.no.cap’sa. N.L. fem. n. Monocapsa

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Monocaps-), mo-no-KAP-sa

Type species: Monocapsa stegophila Itzigsohn 1853

Valid publication: Rabenhorst L. Die Algen Sachsens. Respective Mittel-Europa’s. Exsiccata, Collection of specimens dried on paper or glass, 1848-1860, Dec. 1-100, No. 263a. C. Heinrich, Dresden, 1853.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gloeocapsa Kützing 1843

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gloeocapsa Kützing 1843	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Gloeocapsa Kützing 1843. Publication: Rabenhorst L. Kryptogamen-Flora von Sachsen, Ober-Lausitz, Thüringen und Nord-Böhmen, mit Berücksichtigung der benachbarten Länder: erste Abtheilung: Algen im weitesten Sinne, Leber und Laubmoose. Verlag von Eduard Kummer, Leipzig, 1863.
  • ❗ Monocapsa is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Monocapsa stegophila Itzigsohn 1853	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	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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Record number: 17842