Species Chroococcus minutus

Name: Chroococcus minutus (Kützing 1843) Nägeli 1849

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: mi.nu’tus. L. masc. part. adj. minutus, sic

Gender: masculine

Valid publication: Nägeli C. Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 1849; 10:1-139.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gloeocapsa minuta (Kützing 1843) Hollerbach 1936

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Gloeocapsa minuta (Kützing 1843) Hollerbach 1936	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Chroococcus minutus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Chroococcus.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 17 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Chroococcus minutus var. carneus Chodat 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Chroococcus minutus var. limneticus (Lemmermann 1898) Hansgirg 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
Chroococcus minutus var. virescens (Hantzsch 1865) Hansgirg 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Chroococcus minutus var. salinus Hansgirg 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Chroococcus minutus var. minimus Keissler 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
Chroococcus minutus f. typica Brühl and Biswas 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Chroococcus minutus var. fuscus Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Chroococcus minutus var. thermalis Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcus Nägeli 1849

Assigned by: Nägeli C. Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 1849; 10:1-139.

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Record number: 6709

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Species Chroococcus minutus