Name: Paracapsa Naumann 1924

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.cap’sa. Gr. prep. para, beside; L. fem. n. capsa, box; N.L. fem. n. Paracapsa, probably meaning beside a box

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Paracaps-), pa-ra-KAP-sa

Type species: Paracapsa siderophila Naumann 1924

Valid publication: Naumann E. Notizen zur Biologie der Süsswasseralgen II. Über Paracapsa siderophila n. g. et n. sp., als Ursache einer auffälligen limnischen Eiseinkrustation. Arkiv för Botanik 1924; 18:1-8.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Faracapsa"; "Paracagbsa"; "Paracapaa"; "Puracapsa".

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
    Paracapsa siderophila Naumann 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925

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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Record number: 6285