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Microcystaceae Elenkin, 1933

105873  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:105873)

  1. Biota
  2. Bacteria (Kingdom)
  3. Cyanobacteria (Phylum)
  4. Cyanophyceae (Class)
  5. Chroococcales (Order)
  6. Microcystaceae (Family)
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Family
Gloeocapsaceae † · unaccepted

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  1. Genus Anacystis Meneghini, 1837
    1. Species Anacystis amplivesiculata Gardner, 1927
    2. Species Anacystis anaptis B. Biswal
    3. Species Anacystis anomala Gardner, 1927
    4. Species Anacystis botryoides (Linnaeus) Meneghini
    5. Species Anacystis brunnea (A. Braun) Wolle
    6. Species Anacystis compacta Gardner, 1927
    7. Species Anacystis consociata Gardner
    8. Species Anacystis cyanea (Kützing) F.E. Drouet & W.A. Daily, 1952
    9. Species Anacystis cylindracea Gardner
    10. Species Anacystis distans Gardner
    11. Species Anacystis firma (Kützing) Drouet & Daily
    12. Species Anacystis furfuracea (Berkeley) Meneghini
    13. Species Anacystis gigas (W. West & G.S. West) Gardner
    14. Species Anacystis gloeocapsoides Gardner, 1927
    15. Species Anacystis grevillei (M.J. Berkeley) Kützing
    16. Species Anacystis hyalina Chu
    17. Species Anacystis irregularis Gardner
    18. Species Anacystis marginata Meneghini
    19. Species Anacystis microsphaeria Gardner, 1927
    20. Species Anacystis minuta (C. Agardh) Meneghini
    21. Species Anacystis minutissima Gardner, 1927
    22. Species Anacystis nidulans (Richt.) Drouet & Daily
    23. Species Anacystis nidulans Gardner
    24. Species Anacystis nigropurpurea Gardner
    25. Species Anacystis nigroviolacea Gardner
    26. Species Anacystis paludosa Rabenhorst
    27. Species Anacystis peniocystis (Kützing) Drouet & Daily
    28. Species Anacystis pulvereus (Wood) Wolle
    29. Species Anacystis purpurea C.C. Jao
    30. Species Anacystis radiata Gardner
    31. Species Anacystis rupestris (Lyngbye) Drouet & Daily
    32. Species Anacystis thermalis (Meneghini) Drouet & Daily, 1952
    33. Species Anacystis trochiscioides C.C. Jao
    34. Species Anacystis willei Gardner
    35. Species Anacystis aeruginosa (Zanardini) Drouet & Daily, 1948 accepted as Microcystis zanardinii (Hauck) P. Silva, 1996
    36. Species Anacystis dimidiata (Kützing) Drouet & Daily, 1952 accepted as Chroococcus dimidiatus (Kützing) Nägeli, 1849
    37. Species Anacystis elabens (Brébisson) Setchell & Gardner, 1918 accepted as Aphanothece elabens (Brébisson) Elenkin, 1938
    38. Species Anacystis glauca Wolle, 1877 accepted as Microcystis glauca (Wolle) Drouet & Daily, 1939
    39. Species Anacystis incerta (Lemmermann) F.E. Drouet & W.A. Daily, 1952 accepted as Aphanocapsa incerta (Lemmermann) Cronberg & Komárek, 1994
    40. Species Anacystis limnetica (Lemmermann) Drouet & Daily, 1952 accepted as Chroococcus limneticus Lemmermann, 1898
    41. Species Anacystis magnifica Gardner, 1927 accepted as Asterocapsa magnifica (Gardner) J. Komárek, 1993
    42. Species Anacystis marina (Hansgirg) Drouet & Dailey, 1948 accepted as Microcystis marina (Hansgirg) P.C. Silva, 1996
    43. Species Anacystis montana (Lightfoot) Drouet & Daily, 1952 accepted as Gloeocapsa atrata Kützing, 1843
    44. Species Anacystis parasitica (Kützing) Trevisan, 1848 accepted as Aphanocapsa parasitica (Kützing) Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1995
    45. Species Anacystis pulchra Gardner, 1927 accepted as Asterocapsa pulchra (Gardner) J. Komárek, 1993
    46. Species Anacystis reinboldii Richter, 1891 accepted as Microcystis reinboldii (Richter) Forti, 1907
  2. Genus Cyanocomperia Hindák, 2001
    1. Species Cyanocomperia africana Hindák, 2002
  3. Genus Microcystis Lemmermann, 1907
    1. Species Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing, 1846
    2. Species Microcystis amethystina (Filarszky) Forti, 1907
    3. Species Microcystis aphanothecioides
    4. Species Microcystis argentea Schiller, 1954
    5. Species Microcystis bengalensis Banerjii, 1936
    6. Species Microcystis botrys Teiling, 1942
    7. Species Microcystis chroococcoidea W. West & G.S. West, 1911
    8. Species Microcystis clarionensis (Setchell & Gardner) de Toni, 1938
    9. Species Microcystis comperei Komárek, 1984
    10. Species Microcystis complanata Skuja, 1964
    11. Species Microcystis concharum (Hansgirg) P. Silva, 1996
    12. Species Microcystis densa G.S. West, 1909
    13. Species Microcystis densa Schiller, 1956
    14. Species Microcystis dimidiata (Kützing) P.C. Silva, 1996
    15. Species Microcystis dimorpha Joosten
    16. Species Microcystis elachista (W. West & G.S. West) Compère, 1967
    17. Species Microcystis elongata Desikachary, 1959
    18. Species Microcystis endophytica (G.M. Smith) Elenkin, 1938
    19. Species Microcystis exigua Zalessky, 1926
    20. Species Microcystis firma (Kützing) Schmidle, 1902
    21. Species Microcystis flosaquae (Wittrock) Kirchner, 1898
    22. Species Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock in Wittrock & Nordstedt) Kirchner, 1898
    23. Species Microcystis fuscolutea (Hansgirg) Forti, 1907
    24. Species Microcystis glauca (Wolle) Drouet & Daily, 1939
    25. Species Microcystis grevillii
    26. Species Microcystis halophila B. Martens & Pankow, 1972
    27. Species Microcystis ichthyoblabe Kützing, 1843
    28. Species Microcystis ichtyoblable Kützing
    29. Species Microcystis icthyoblabe Kützing
    30. Species Microcystis lamelliformis Holsinger, 1954
    31. Species Microcystis leavens (Berthold) Kützing
    32. Species Microcystis lutescens Schiller, 1954
    33. Species Microcystis marina (Hansgirg) P.C. Silva, 1996
    34. Species Microcystis marina Kützing, 1836
    35. Species Microcystis maxima Bernard, 1908
    36. Species Microcystis merismopedioides Fritsch, 1912
    37. Species Microcystis minuta Kylin, 1937
    38. Species Microcystis montana (Teodorescu) J. De Toni, 1939
    39. Species Microcystis natans Lemmermann ex Skuja, 1934
    40. Species Microcystis novacekii (Komárek) Compère, 1974
    41. Species Microcystis ochracea (Brand) Lemmermann
    42. Species Microcystis orissica West, 1911
    43. Species Microcystis ovalis Hollenberg, 1939
    44. Species Microcystis pallida (Farlow) Lemmermann, 1910
    45. Species Microcystis panniformis J. Komárek, J. Komárková-Legnerová, C.L. Sant'Anna, M.T.P. Azevedo & P.A.C. Senna, 2002
    46. Species Microcystis protea Copeland, 1936
    47. Species Microcystis protocystis Crow, 1923
    48. Species Microcystis protogenita (Biasoletto) Cooke, 1882
    49. Species Microcystis pseudofilamentosa Crow, 1923
    50. Species Microcystis pulverea (Wood) Forti, 1907
    51. Species Microcystis ramosa Bharadwaya, 1935
    52. Species Microcystis reinboldii (Richter) Forti, 1907
    53. Species Microcystis richteriana (Hieronymus) P. Silva, 1996
    54. Species Microcystis robusta (Clark) Nygaard, 1925
    55. Species Microcystis rosea Kufferath, 1942
    56. Species Microcystis salina (Woronichin) Elenkin, 1938
    57. Species Microcystis salinarum (Hansgirg) P. Silva, 1996
    58. Species Microcystis sanguinea (C. Agardh) Kützing, 1833
    59. Species Microcystis scripta (Richter) Geitler, 1925
    60. Species Microcystis smithii Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1995
    61. Species Microcystis splendens Hollenberg, 1939
    62. Species Microcystis stagnalis Lemmermann, 1903
    63. Species Microcystis stereophysalis Meneghini, 1844
    64. Species Microcystis supersalsa Schiller, 1956
    65. Species Microcystis thermalis Yoneda, 1938
    66. Species Microcystis toxica Stephes
    67. Species Microcystis viridis (A. Braun) Lemmermann, 1903
    68. Species Microcystis wesenbergii (Komárek) Komárek, 1968
    69. Species Microcystis zanardinii (Hauck) P. Silva, 1996
    70. Species Microcystis anodontae (Hansgirg) Elenkin, 1938 accepted as Aphanocapsa rivularis (Carmicheal) Rabenhorst, 1865
    71. Species Microcystis aphanothecoides Zalessky, 1926 accepted as Aphanothece elabens (Brébisson) Elenkin, 1938
    72. Species Microcystis atra Kützing, 1833 accepted as Gloeocapsa atrata Kützing, 1843
    73. Species Microcystis bullosa Meneghini, 1837 accepted as Aphanothece bullosa (Meneghini) Rabenhorst, 1865
    74. Species Microcystis calciphila Schwabe, 1947 accepted as Aphanocapsa rivularis (Carmicheal) Rabenhorst, 1865
    75. Species Microcystis delicatissima (W. West & G.S. West) Starmach, 1966 accepted as Aphanocapsa delicatissima W. West & G.S. West, 1912
    76. Species Microcystis elabens (Brébisson) Kützing, 1846 accepted as Aphanothece elabens (Brébisson) Elenkin, 1938
    77. Species Microcystis feldmannii (Frémy) Kosinskaja, 1948 accepted as Aphanocapsa feldmannii Frémy, 1933
    78. Species Microcystis ferruginea Wawrik, 1963 accepted as Cyanogranis ferruginea (F. Wawrik) Hindák, 1982
    79. Species Microcystis floccosa Zalessky, 1925 accepted as Aphanothece floccosa (Zalessky) G. Cronberg & J. Komárek, 1994
    80. Species Microcystis fonticola (Hansgirg) Kann, 1978 accepted as Aphanocapsa fonticola Hansgirg, 1890
    81. Species Microcystis grevillei (Berkeley) Elenkin, 1938 accepted as Aphanocapsa grevillei (Hassall) Rabenhorst, 1865
    82. Species Microcystis grevillei (Hassall) Elenkin, 1938 accepted as Aphanocapsa grevillei (Hassall) Rabenhorst, 1865
    83. Species Microcystis hansgirgiana Elenkin, 1938 accepted as
    84. Species Microcystis holsatica (Lemmermann) Lemmermann, 1907 accepted as Aphanocapsa holsatica (Lemmermann) G. Cronberg & J. Komárek, 1994
    85. Species Microcystis incerta (Lemmermann) Lemmermann, 1907 accepted as Aphanocapsa incerta (Lemmermann) Cronberg & Komárek, 1994
    86. Species Microcystis litoralis (Hansgirg) Forti, 1907 accepted as Aphanocapsa litoralis Hansgirg, 1892
    87. Species Microcystis marginata (Meneghini) Kützing, 1846 accepted as Microcystis novacekii (Komárek) Compère, 1974
    88. Species Microcystis minima Bernard, 1909 accepted as Coelomoron minimum (Bernard) J. Komárková-Legnerová & R. Tavera, 1996
    89. Species Microcystis minutissima W. West, 1912 accepted as Aphanothece minutissima (W. West) J. Komárková-Legnerová & G. Cronberg, 1994
    90. Species Microcystis montigena Hoffmann, 1986 accepted as Aphanocapsa muscicola (Meneghini) Wille, 1919
    91. Species Microcystis muscicola (Meneghini) Elenkin, 1938 accepted as Aphanocapsa muscicola (Meneghini) Wille, 1919
    92. Species Microcystis orae Kosinskaja, 1948 accepted as Aphanocapsa orae (Kosinskaja) Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1995
    93. Species Microcystis parasitica Kützing, 1843 accepted as Aphanocapsa parasitica (Kützing) Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1995
    94. Species Microcystis parietina (Nägeli) Elenkin, 1938 accepted as Aphanocapsa parietina Nägeli, 1849
    95. Species Microcystis prasina (Wittrock) Lemmermann, 1904 accepted as Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock in Wittrock & Nordstedt) Kirchner, 1898
    96. Species Microcystis punctata Schiller, 1954 accepted as Microcystis scripta (Richter) Geitler, 1925
    97. Species Microcystis raspaigellae (Hauck) Kosinskaja, 1948 accepted as Aphanocapsa raspaigellae (Hauck) Frémy, 1933
    98. Species Microcystis roeseana (De Bary) Elenkin, 1938 accepted as Aphanocapsa roeseana De Bary, 1870
    99. Species Microcystis testacea (Nägeli) Elenkin, 1938 accepted as Aphanocapsa testacea Nägeli, 1949
    100. Species Microcystis thermalis (Brügger) Claus, 1959 accepted as Aphanocapsa thermalis Brügger, 1863
  4. Genus Planktocyanocapsa Hindák, 2002
    1. Species Planktocyanocapsa stagnalis Hindák, 2002
  5. Genus Radiocystis Skuja, 1948
    1. Species Radiocystis aphanothecoidea F. Hindák, 1996
    2. Species Radiocystis elongata F. Hindák, 1996
    3. Species Radiocystis fernandoi Komárek & Komárková-Legnerová, 1993
    4. Species Radiocystis geminata Skuja, 1948
    5. Species Radiocystis magadzae Komárek & Cronberg, 1999
    6. Species Radiocystis magadze Komárek & Cronberg
    7. Species Radiocystis uliginosa Komarek & Komark.-Legn.
  6. Genus Sphaerocavum M.T. de P. Azevedo & C.L. Sant'Anna, 2003
    1. Species Sphaerocavum brasilense De Azevedo & C.L. Sant' Anna, 2003
    2. Species Sphaerocavum brasiliense Azevedo & Sant' Anna
    3. Species Sphaerocavum microcystiforme (Hindák) Azevedo & Sant' Anna
  7. Genus Vesicophyton A.G. Vologdin & N.A. Drozdova, 1969 †
    1. Species Vesicophyton punctatum Vologdin & Drosdova †
  8. Genus Micraloa B. Biasoletto, 1832 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    1. Species Micraloa aurantiaca (Kützing) Trevisan
    2. Species Micraloa botryoides (Kützing) Trevisan
    3. Species Micraloa firma (Kützing) Trevisan
    4. Species Micraloa glomerata (Brébisson) Meneghini
    5. Species Micraloa olivacea Kützing
    6. Species Micraloa pallida (Kützing) Trevisan
    7. Species Micraloa pini (Kützing) Trevisan
    8. Species Micraloa pini-turinorum Biasoletto, 1832
    9. Species Micraloa protogenita Biasoletto, 1832
    10. Species Micraloa rupestris (Lyngbye) Trevisan
    11. Species Micraloa teres Flotow
    12. Species Micraloa aeruginosa Kützing, 1833 accepted as Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing, 1846
    13. Species Micraloa elabens Brébisson, 1842 accepted as Aphanothece elabens (Brébisson) Elenkin, 1938
    14. Species Micraloa flosaquae (Linnaeus) Trevisan, 1845 accepted as Aphanizomenon flosaquae Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    15. Species Micraloa rosea Kützing, 1833 accepted as Lamprocystis roseopersicina (Kützing 1849) Schröter, 1886
  9. Genus Cagniardia Trevisan [de Saint-Léon], 1848 accepted as Anacystis Meneghini, 1837
    1. Species Cagniardia adriatica (Kützing) Trevisan, 1848 accepted as Aphanocapsa le-jolisii (Thuret) Frémy, 1924
    2. Species Cagniardia cyanea (Kützing) Trevisan accepted as Anacystis cyanea (Kützing) F.E. Drouet & W.A. Daily, 1952
  10. Genus Clathrocystis Henfrey, 1856 accepted as Microcystis Lemmermann, 1907 (Synonym)
    1. Species Clathrocystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Henfrey, 1856 accepted as Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing, 1846
    2. Species Clathrocystis holsatica Lemmermann, 1903 accepted as Aphanocapsa holsatica (Lemmermann) G. Cronberg & J. Komárek, 1994
    3. Species Clathrocystis montana Teodorescu, 1907 accepted as Microcystis montana (Teodorescu) J. De Toni, 1939
    4. Species Clathrocystis roseo-persicina (Kützing, 1849) Cohn, 1875 accepted as Lamprocystis roseopersicina (Kützing 1849) Schröter, 1886
  11. Genus Diplocystis Trevisan, 1848 accepted as Microcystis Lemmermann, 1907
    1. Species Diplocystis incerta (Lemmermann) F.E. Drouet & W.A. Daily
    2. Species Diplocystis elabens (Brébisson) Trevisan, 1848 accepted as Aphanothece elabens (Brébisson) Elenkin, 1938
    3. Species Diplocystis ichthyoblabe (G. Kunze) Trevisan, 1848 accepted as Microcystis ichthyoblabe Kützing, 1843
    4. Species Diplocystis pulverea (H.C. Wood) R. Margalef, 1952 accepted as Microcystis pulverea (Wood) Forti, 1907
  12. Genus Microhaloa B. Biasoletta, 1832 orth. mut.F.T. Kützing, 1843 accepted as Microcystis Lemmermann, 1907
  13. Genus Microhaloa Kützing, 1843 accepted as Microcystis Lemmermann, 1907 (orthographic variant (of Micraloa Biasoletto, 1832))
    1. Species Microhaloa rupestris (Lyngbye) Kützing, 1842
  14. Genus Polycystis (F.T. Kützing) F.T. Kützing, 1849 accepted as Microcystis Lemmermann, 1907 (Synonym)
    1. Species Polycystis clarionensis Setchell & N.L. Gardner, 1937
    2. Species Polycystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing, 1846 accepted as Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing, 1846
    3. Species Polycystis amethystina Filarszky, 1900 accepted as Microcystis amethystina (Filarszky) Forti, 1907
    4. Species Polycystis elabens (Brébisson) Kützing, 1849 accepted as Aphanothece elabens (Brébisson) Elenkin, 1938
    5. Species Polycystis flos-aquae Wittrock, 1879 accepted as Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock in Wittrock & Nordstedt) Kirchner, 1898
    6. Species Polycystis ichthyoblabe Kützing, 1845-49 accepted as Microcystis ichthyoblabe Kützing, 1843
    7. Species Polycystis incerta Lemmermann, 1899 accepted as Aphanocapsa incerta (Lemmermann) Cronberg & Komárek, 1994
    8. Species Polycystis litoralis Hansgirg, 1890 accepted as Aphanocapsa litoralis Hansgirg, 1892
    9. Species Polycystis pallida Lemmermann, 1898 accepted as Microcystis stagnalis Lemmermann, 1903
    10. Species Polycystis reticulata Lemmermann, 1898 accepted as Cyanodictyon reticulatum (Lemmermann) Geitler, 1925
    11. Species Polycystis scripta P. Richter in Hauck & Richter, 1895 accepted as Microcystis scripta (Richter) Geitler, 1925
    12. Species Polycystis stagnalis Lemmermann, 1900 accepted as Microcystis stagnalis Lemmermann, 1903
    13. Species Polycystis viridis A. Braun in Rabenhorst, 1862 accepted as Microcystis viridis (A. Braun) Lemmermann, 1903
  15. Genus Sphaerothrombium Kützing, 1833 accepted as Microcystis Lemmermann, 1907
marine, brackish
recent only
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Microcystaceae Elenkin, 1933. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105873 on 2025-04-30
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2007-03-19 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

basis of record CoL2006/AlgaeBase [details] 

taxonomy source Komárek, J.; Kaštovský, J.; Mareš, J.; Johansen, J. R. (2014). Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. <em>Preslia.</em> 86: 295-335. [details] 

current name source Komárek, J.; Kaštovský, J.; Mareš, J.; Johansen, J. R. (2014). Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. <em>Preslia.</em> 86: 295-335. [details] 

extant flag source CoL2006/AlgaeBase [details] 

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details] 
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