Aphanocapsa elachista var. planctonica G.M.Smith

Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Synechococcophycideae
Order Synechococcales
Family Merismopediaceae
Subfamily Merismopedioideae
Genus Aphanocapsa

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Publication details
Aphanocapsa elachista var. planctonica G.M.Smith 1920

Original publication: Smith, G.M. (1920). Phytoplankton of the Inland Lakes of Wisconsin. Part I: Myxophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Heterokonteae, and Chlorophyceae exclusive of the Desmidiaceae. Bulletin of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey 57, Scientific Series No. 12: 1-243.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Aphanocapsa is Aphanocapsa parietina Nägeli.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Aphanocapsa elachista West & G.S.West

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Aphanocapsa elachista var. planctonica G.M.Smith)
Europe: Spain (Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988).

Source of synonymy
Whitton, B.A. (2002). Phylum Cyanophyta (Cyanobacteria). In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 25-122. 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

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 10 July 2002 by Elizabeth Moran

Verified by: 23 September 2004 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 295 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=53486

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.