Pleurocapsa Thuret, 1885

Holotype species: Pleurocapsa fuliginosa Hauck

Original publication and holotype designation: Hauck, F. (1885). Die Meeresalgen Deutschlands und Österreichs. In: Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Zweite Auflage. (Rabenhorst, L. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 513-575, [i]-xxiii [xxiv]. Leipzig: Eduard Kummer.

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Description: Unicellular - pseudofilamentous; thallus creeping on the substrate (mainly on stones), crust-like or in a thin layer, composed of irregular groups of cells (chroococcacean state), from which grow irregular or radial rows of cells, sometimes irregularly branched; in several species are the pseudofilaments endolithic; rows of cells uni- or multicellular, enveloped by more or less thin, firm, sometimes lamellated and yellowish-brownish colored sheaths confluent together by their sides. Cells irregular, of different size, sometimes (in pseudofilaments) slightly elongated, with homogeneous or slightly granular content, sometimes with several prominent granules, bluegreen, pale blue-green or pinkish. Cells divide irregularly in different planes; enlarged cells from different parts of thallus divide sometimes in nanocytes. Reproduction by nanocytes. Type species and several other taxa known from marine littorals (surf or intertidal zones); freshwater species known usually from clear mountain streams or from the stony surf -zones of unpolluted lakes and reservoirs, worldwide. Most species grow on limestone substrates.

Information contributed by: J. Komárek. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-03-03 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Strunecký, O., Ivanova, A.P. & Mares, J. (2022 '2023'). An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis (Review). Journal of Phycology 59(1): 12-51.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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