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Chroococcales
Taxonomy
Chroococcales is an order. It is extant.
It was assigned to Cyanophyceae by Schopf and Blacic (1971), Oehler (1978), Licari (1978) and Horodyski and Donaldson (1980); to Coccogoneae by Hofmann (1976), Knoll and Golubic (1979), Zhang (1981), Sergeev et al. (1995) and Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati (1997); and to Cyanobacteria by Allison and Awramik (1989) and Taylor et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Cyanophyceae by Schopf and Blacic (1971), Oehler (1978), Licari (1978) and Horodyski and Donaldson (1980); to Coccogoneae by Hofmann (1976), Knoll and Golubic (1979), Zhang (1981), Sergeev et al. (1995) and Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati (1997); and to Cyanobacteria by Allison and Awramik (1989) and Taylor et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1971 | Chroococcales Schopf and Blacic p. 951 |
1976 | Chroococcales Hofmann p. 1057 |
1978 | Chroococcales Licari p. 780 |
1978 | Chroococcales Oehler p. 285 |
1979 | Chroococcales Knoll and Golubic p. 148 |
1980 | Chroococcales Horodyski and Donaldson p. 140 |
1981 | Chroococcales Zhang p. 497 |
1989 | Chroococcales Allison and Awramik p. 269 |
1995 | Chroococcales Sergeev et al. p. 25 |
1997 | Chroococcales Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati p. 207 |
2008 | Chroococcales Taylor et al. p. 1027 |
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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.
Or. Chroococcales
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Fm. Chroococcaceae
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G. †Aphanocapsaopsis Maithy and Shukla 1977
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†Aphanocapsaopsis ramapuraensis Maithy and Shukla 1977
†Aphanocapsaopsis sitholeyii Maithy and Shukla 1977
G. †Bisacculoides Oehler 1977
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†Bisacculoides grandis Oehler 1977
†Bisacculoides tabeoviscus Oehler 1977
†Bisacculoides vacua Oehler 1977
G. †Coniunctiophycus Zhang 1981
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†Coniunctiophycus conglobatum Zhang 1981
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Invalid names: Eomicrocystis parvulus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
†Coniunctiophycus gaoyuzhuangense Zhang 1981
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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. †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
Invalid names: Microphycus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
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 hebeiensis Zhang 1981
†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
†Gloeodiniopsis pangjapuensis Zhang 1981
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. †Melasmatosphaera Hofmann 1976
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†Melasmatosphaera magna Hofmann 1976
†Melasmatosphaera media Hofmann 1976
†Melasmatosphaera parva Hofmann 1976
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
†Sphaerophycus reticulatum Muir 1976
†Sphaerophycus tetragonalis Muir 1976
G. †Tetraphycus Oehler 1978
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†Tetraphycus acinulus Oehler 1978
†Tetraphycus diminutivus Oehler 1978
†Tetraphycus gregalis Oehler 1978
†Tetraphycus hebeiensis Liu 1982
†Tetraphycus major Oehler 1978
Fm. Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925
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G. †Eoentophysalis Hofmann 1976
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†Eoentophysalis belcherensis 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available