Name: Gomphosphaerioideae (Elenkin 1933) Komárek and Hindák 1988

Category: Subfamily

Proposed as: new subfamily

Etymology: Gom.pho.sphae.ri.o.i’de.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Gomphosphaerioideae, the Gomphosphaeria subfamily

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gom-p^ho-sp^ha͡e-ri-o-I-de-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Gomphosphaeria Kützing 1836

Valid publication: Komárek J, Hindák F. Taxonomic review of natural populations of the cyanophytes from the Gomphosphaeria-complex. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement Volumes 1988; 50-53:203-225.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this subfamily to the family Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the genus Planosphaerula Borzì 1905 to this subfamily. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the genus Hydroepicoccum De Notaris 1869 to this subfamily. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the genus Coelocystis Nägeli 1849 to this subfamily. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the genus Stilocapsa Ley 1947 to this subfamily. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned the genus "Sphaerastrum" to this subfamily. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.
  • 🧒 Komarek and Hindak (1988) assigned the genus Gomphosphaeria Kützing 1836 to this subfamily. Publication: Komárek J, Hindák F. Taxonomic review of natural populations of the cyanophytes from the Gomphosphaeria-complex. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement Volumes 1988; 50-53:203-225.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Gomphosphacrioideae"; "Gonwhosphaerioideae".
  • 😵 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.

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Record number: 73133