Chroococcopsis amethystea (Rosenvinge) Geitler 1925

Publication Details
Chroococcopsis amethystea (Rosenvinge) Geitler 1925: 241

Published in: Geitler, L. (1925). Synoptische darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt, Zweite Abteilung: Systematik, Pflanzengeographie, angewandte Botanik etc. 41: 163-294, 4 pls [XVII-XX].

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chroococcopsis is Chroococcopsis gigantea Geitler.

Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.

Basionym
Pleurocapsa amethystea Rosenvinge

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), amethyst, violet, also applied to the colour range between purple and violet (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 April 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 20 February 2017

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Taxonomic note
Komárek & Anagnostidis (1999: 439) lists this species as an "unrevised species" - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025