Aphanocapsaopsis Maithy and Shukla 1977

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Full reference: P. K. Maithy and M. Shukla. 1977. Microbiota from the Suket Shales, Ramapura, Vindhyan System (late Pre-Cambrian), Madhya Pradesh. The Palaeobotanist 23:176-188

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae according to P. K. Maithy and M. Shukla 1977

Sister taxa: Abundacapsa, Aphanocapsites, Archaeophycus, Bisacculoides, Coniunctiophycus, Eoaphanocapsa, Eosynechococcus, Globophycus, Gloeocapsamorpha, Gloeodiniopsis, Gloeotheceopsis, Melasmatosphaera, Nanococcus, Palaeomicrocystis, Praechroococcus, Sphaerophycus, Stipulella, Synechocystis, Tetraphycus, Zosterosphaera

Subtaxa: Aphanocapsaopsis ramapuraensis Aphanocapsaopsis sitholeyii

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Type: Aphanocapsaopsis sitholeyii

Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Talsoi River, south of Rampura ( of India)

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