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Chroococcales

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Chroococcales Schopf and Blacic p. 951
1976Chroococcales Hofmann p. 1057
1978Chroococcales Licari p. 780
1978Chroococcales Oehler p. 285
1979Chroococcales Knoll and Golubic p. 148
1980Chroococcales Horodyski and Donaldson p. 140
1981Chroococcales Zhang p. 497
1989Chroococcales Allison and Awramik p. 269
1995Chroococcales Sergeev et al. p. 25
1997Chroococcales Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati p. 207
2008Chroococcales Taylor et al. p. 1027

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classCoccogoneaeThuret 1975
orderChroococcales
orderChroococcales

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. †Abundacapsa Licari 1978
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Abundacapsa impages Licari 1978
G. †Aphanocapsaopsis Maithy and Shukla 1977
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Aphanocapsaopsis ramapuraensis Maithy and Shukla 1977
Aphanocapsaopsis sitholeyii Maithy and Shukla 1977
G. †Aphanocapsites Maslov 1956
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G. †Archaeophycus Wang et al. 1983
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Archaeophycus venustus Wang et al. 1983
G. †Bisacculoides Oehler 1977
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Bisacculoides grandis Oehler 1977
Bisacculoides vacua Oehler 1977
G. †Coniunctiophycus Zhang 1981
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Invalid names: Eomicrocystis parvulus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Eomicrocystis elegans Golovenok and Belova 1984 [synonym], Eomicrocystis irregularis Golovenok and Belova 1984 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eomicrocystis Golovenok and Belova 1984 [synonym]
G. †Eoaphanocapsa Nyberg and Schopf 1984
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Eoaphanocapsa oparinii Nyberg and Schopf 1984
G. †Eosynechococcus Hofmann 1976
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Eosynechococcus amadeus Knoll and Golubic 1979
Eosynechococcus brevis Knoll 1982
Eosynechococcus grandis Hofmann 1976
Eosynechococcus medius Hofmann 1976
Eosynechococcus moorei Hofmann 1976
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Invalid names: Microphycus curtus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
Invalid names: Microphycus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
G. †Globophycus Schopf 1968
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Globophycus minor Oehler 1977
Globophycus rugosum Schopf 1968
G. †Gloeocapsamorpha Zalessky 1916
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Gloeocapsamorpha karauliensis Maithy and Mandal 1982
Gloeocapsamorpha prisca Zalessky 1916
G. †Gloeodiniopsis Schopf 1968
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Gloeodiniopsis gregaria Knoll and Golubic 1979
Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa Schopf 1968
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Invalid names: Bigeminococcus lamellosus Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Bigeminococcus mucidus Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Eotetrahedrion princeps Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Eozygion grande Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Eozygion minutum Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Gloeodiniopsis grandis Sergeev and Krylov 1986 [synonym], Gloeodiniopsis magna Nyberg and Schopf 1984 [synonym], Palaeopleurocapsa kamaelgensis Sergeev and Krylov 1986 [synonym]
Gloeodiniopsis mikros Knoll 1982
Invalid names: Bigeminococcus Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Caryosphaeroides Schopf 1968 [synonym], Eotetrahedrion Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Eozygion Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym]
G. †Gloeotheceopsis Zhang 1988
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G. †Melasmatosphaera Hofmann 1976
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Melasmatosphaera magna Hofmann 1976
Melasmatosphaera media Hofmann 1976
Melasmatosphaera parva Hofmann 1976
G. †Nanococcus Oehler 1977
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Nanococcus vulgaris Oehler 1977
G. †Palaeomicrocystis Maithy 1975
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G. †Praechroococcus Vologdin 1962
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Praechroococcus catervatis Vologdin 1962
G. †Sphaerophycus Schopf 1968
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Sphaerophycus densus Maithy 1975
Sphaerophycus medium Horodyski and Donaldson 1980
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Invalid names: Sphaerophycus wilsonii Knoll 1982 [synonym]
Sphaerophycus parvum Schopf 1968
G. †Stipulella Maslov 1956
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Stipulella fascicularis Maslov 1956
G. Synechocystis Sauvageau 1892
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Synechocystis aquatilis Sauvageau 1892
G. †Tetraphycus Oehler 1978
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Tetraphycus acinulus Oehler 1978
Tetraphycus diminutivus Oehler 1978
Tetraphycus gregalis Oehler 1978
Tetraphycus major Oehler 1978
G. †Zosterosphaera Schopf 1968
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Fm. Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925
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G. †Chlorogloeaopsis Maithy 1975
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G. †Eoentophysalis Hofmann 1976
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Invalid names: Bulbiphycus sectilis Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Corynophycus compositus Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Corynophycus procerum Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Corynophycus solidus Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Corynophycus varius Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Eoxenococcus guttiformis Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Palaeoanacystis magnicellularis Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Palaeoanacystis parvicellularis Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Phanerosphaerops tenuichlamis Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Tortiliphycus bifilamentosus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
Eoentophysalis cumulus Knoll and Golubic 1979
Eoentophysalis dismallakesensis Horodyski and Donaldson 1980
Invalid names: Bulbiphycus Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Corynophycus Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Eoxenococcus Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Tortiliphycus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
G. †Myriasporella Oehler 1978
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Myriasporella pyriformis Oehler 1978
G. †Myxomorpha Muir 1976
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Myxomorpha janecekii Muir 1976
G. †Vesicophyton Vologdin and Drozdova 1969
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Vesicophyton punctatum Vologdin and Drozdova 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available