Aphanocapsa elachista West & G.S.West
Publication details
Aphanocapsa elachista West & G.S.West 1894: 276, pl. XV: figs. 9, 10
Original publication: West, W. & West, G.S. (1894). On some freshwater algae from the West Indies. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 30: 264-280, pls XIII-XVI.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Aphanocapsa is Aphanocapsa parietina Nägeli.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Microcystis pulverea f. elachista (West & G.S.West) Elenkin 1938
Microcystis elachista (West & G.S.West) Compère 1967
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aphanocapsa elachista f. conferta West & G.S.West 1912
Aphanocapsa elachista var. planctonica G.M.Smith 1920
Microcystis pulverea f. conferta (West & G.S.West) Elenkin 1938
Aphanocapsa conferta (West & G.S.West) Komárková-Legnerová & Cronberg 1994
Aphanocapsa planctonica (G.M.Smith) Komárek & Anagnostidis 1995
Distribution by country
Type information
Type locality: Dominica (West & West 1894: 276).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Aphanocapsa elachista West & G.S.West)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Germany (Täuscher 2011), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988, Veiga, Cremades & Bárbara 1998), Sweden (Skuja 1948).
North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), Connecticut (Hylander 1928).
South America: Brazil (Werner 2010).
Africa: Sierra Leone (Alfinito 2011).
South-west Asia: Iran (Afsharzadeh et al. 2003), Israel (Vinogradova et al. 2000), Pakistan (Mehwish & Aliya 2005, Leghari et al. 2005), Punjab (Anon 2012).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
South-east Asia: Singapore (Pham et al. 2011).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Cassie 1984, Broady & Merican 2012), Queensland (Bostock & Holland 2010).
(as Aphanocapsa elachista f. conferta West & G.S.West)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002).
Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Day et al. 1995).
(as Aphanocapsa elachista var. planctonica G.M.Smith)
Europe: Spain (Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988).
(as Microcystis pulverea f. conferta (West & G.S.West) Elenkin)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002).
(as Microcystis elachista (West & G.S.West) Compère)
Africa: South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Cassie 1984 
).
(as Aphanocapsa conferta (West & G.S.West) Komárková-Legnerová & Cronberg)
Europe: Spain (Calvo & Bárbara 2002, Bárbara et al. 2005).
North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010).
South America: Brazil (Werner 2010).
South-west Asia: Israel (Vinogradova et al. 2000).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Broady & Merican 2012).
Key references
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1999). Cyanoprokaryota. 1. Chroococcales. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. (Ettl, H., Gärtner, G., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds) Vol. 19, pp. 1-548. Heidelberg; Berlin: Spektrum, Akad. Verl..
Whitton, B.A. (2011). Cyanobacteria (Cyanophyta). In: The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. Second edition. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 31-158. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Aphanocapsa&species=elachista
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Aphanocapsa&Species=elachista
Created: 21 February 2001 by Sandy Lawson
Verified by: 22 May 2013 by M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:59615
