Aphanothece membranacea (Rabenhorst) Bornet 1891

Current name: Gloeothece membranacea (Rabenhorst) Bornet
In tufa deposits, Crockateemore, Co. Antrim. Collected by Melinda Lyons. - 16 July 2013. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication Details
Aphanothece membranacea (Rabenhorst) Bornet 1891: 249

Published in: Bornet, É. (1891). Algues du département de la Haute-Vienne contenues dans l'herbier d'Édouard Lamy de la Chapelle. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 38: 247-255.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Aphanothece is Aphanothece microscopica Nägeli.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gloeothece membranacea (Rabenhorst) Bornet.

Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1999 '1998'). Cyanoprokaryota. 1. Chroococcales. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Begründet von A. Pascher. Band 19/1. (Ettl, H., Gärtner, G., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds), pp. 1-548. Heidelberg & Berlin: Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag.

Basionym
Aphanocapsa membranacea Rabenhorst

Type Information
Type locality: prope Menton Galliae australis ( leg. Böttcher, 1863); (Rabenhorst 1865: 49) Neotype: originally isolated by M.M. Allen from a freshwater locality in California; CBFS; A-105-1 (dried herbarium material of SAG 26.84) (Mares & al. 2019: 599)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), membranous (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 03 July 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 21 August 2014

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 August 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 June 2025