Aphanocapsa rivularis (Carmichael) Rabenhorst
Publication details
Aphanocapsa rivularis (Carmichael) Rabenhorst 1865
Original publication: Rabenhorst, L. (1865). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio II. Algas phycochromaceas complectens. pp. 1-319, 71 figs. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.
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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.
Basionym
Palmella rivularis Carmichael
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), found growing beside brooks.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Palmella rivularis Carmichael 1833
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aphanocapsa anodontae Hansgirg 1892
Aphanocapsa endolithica Ercegovic 1925
Aphanocapsa endolithica var. rivulorum Geitler 1927
Microcystis anodontae (Hansgirg) Elenkin 1938
Microcystis calciphila Schwabe 1947
Microcystis anodontae var. rivulorum (Geitler) Kann 1978
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Aphanocapsa rivularis (Carmichael) Rabenhorst)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2012), Spain (Noguerol-Seoane & Rifón Lastra 1999).
South-west Asia: Israel (Vinogradova et al. 2000).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
(as Aphanocapsa anodontae Hansgirg)
Europe: Spain (Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
(as Aphanocapsa endolithica Ercegovic)
Europe: Spain (Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988).
(as Microcystis anodontae (Hansgirg) Elenkin)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 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=rivularis
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=rivularis
Created: 10 July 2002 by Elizabeth Moran
Verified by: 22 May 2013 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 641 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Noguerol-Seoane, A. & Rifón Lastra, A. (1999). Algunas Chroococcales nuevas o poco citadas para la Península Ibérica: Gloeocapsa aeruginosa Kützing, Eucapsis terrestris Akiyama, Aphanocapsa cf. rivularis (Carmichael) Rabenhorts y Pseudocapsa dubia Ercegovic. Botanica Complutensis 23: 91-98.
Noguerol-Seoane, A. & Rifón-Lastra, A. (1999). Algunas Chroococcales nuevas o poco citadas para la Península Ibérica: Gloeocapsa aeruginosa Kützing, Eucapsis terrestris Akiyama, Aphanocapsa cf. rivularis (Carmichael) Rabenhorst y Pseudocapsa dubia Ercegovic. Botanica Complutensis 23: 91-98.
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:119519
