Gloeocapsa minima (Keissler) Hollerbach 1938
Publication Details
Gloeocapsa minima (Keissler) Hollerbach 1938: 242
Published in: Elenkin, A.A. (1938). Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. I. I. Chroococcaceae Geitl.; II. Chamaesiphoneae Geitl.; III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk.: poryadok Stigonematales Geitl.; poryadok Mastigocladales Elenk.; poryadok Diplonematales Elenk.; poryadok Nostocales (Geitl.) Elenk.: sem. Nostocaceae Elenk., sem. Anabaenaceae Elenk., Aphanizomenonaceae Elenk., sem. Nodulariaceae Elenk., sem. Scytonemataceae (Kütz.) Elenk. pp. 984, 290 figures. Moscow & Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian and Latin]
Publication date: 21 February 1938
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 minimus (Keissler) Lemmermann.
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
Chroococcus minutus var. minimus Keissler
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very little, very least (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 31 July 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 31 March 2022
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 November 2024