Gloeocapsa minuta (Kützing) Hollerbach 1936
Publication Details
Gloeocapsa minuta (Kützing) Hollerbach 1936: 332
Published in: Elenkin, A.A. (1936). Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Obshchaya chast' [Blue-green algae of the USSR. Monograph of freshwater and terrestrial Syanofiseae found within the USSR. A common part]. pp. [1]-679, 91 figs. Moscow & Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian]
Request PDFPublication date: May 1936
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gloeocapsa is Gloeocapsa atrata Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chroococcus minutus (Kützing) Nägeli.
Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1999). Cyanoprokaryota. 1. Chroococcales. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Begründet von A. Pascher. Band 19/1. (Ettl, H., Gärtner, G., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds), pp. 1-548. Heidelberg & Berlin: Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag.
Basionym
Protococcus minutus Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: ‘"In einem Wasserglase’" [Nordhausen, Erfurt District, Germany fide Drouet & Daly, 1956: 16]; (Kützing 1843: 168) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Drouet & Daily (1956: 16) (Silva et al., 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small; minute (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 02 August 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 29 March 2022
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 January 2025
