Taxonomic Drilldown

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Kingdom	Bacteria
Phylum	Cyanobacteria
Class	Cyanophyceae
Order	Chroococcales

List of all species - see Taxon profile using the number

Family Chamaesiphonaceae
	Chamaesiphon fuscus	(Rostafinski) Hansgirg 1888
	Chamaesiphon incrustans	Grunow in Rabenhorst 1865
	Chamaesiphon sp.
	Chamaesiphon subglobosus	(Rostafinski) Lemm.
	Chamaesiphon subglobosus
Family Chlorococcaceae
	Actinochloris sphaerica	Korsikov 1953
	Apodochloris irregularis	Ling et Seppelt 1998
	Chlorococcum elkartiense	Archibald et Bold 1970/?
	Chlorococcum humicola	(Nõgeli) Rabenhorst 1868
	Chlorococcum infusionum	(Schrank 1811) Meneghini 1842
	Chlorococcum infusionum f. antarctica	Wille 1924
	Chlorococcum minutum	Starr 1955
	Chlorococcum sp.
	Chlorococcum sp./?
	Heterotetracystis akinetos	Cox et Deason 1968
	Hypnomonas ellipsoidea	Korsikov 1953
	Hypnomonas tuberculata	Korsikov 1953
	Macrochloris multinucleata	(Reisigl) Ettl et Gõrtner 1987
	Neospongiococcum sp.
	Neospongiococcum sp./?
	Planophila sp./?
	Protococcus minutus	Kitzing 1843		Synonym
	Radiosphaera dissecta	(Korsikov) Starr 1955		Synonym
	Radiosphaera sp.
	Radiosphaera sp./?
	Sphaerocystis bilobata
	Sphaerocystis oleifera var. antarctica
	Sphaerocystis signiensis
	Spongiococcum sp./?
	Tetracystis fissurata	Nakano 1984/?
	Tetracystis sp.
	Tetracystis sp./?
Family Chroococcaceae
	Asterocapsa sp.
	Chroococcus cohaerens	(BrÚbisson) Nõgeli 1849
	Chroococcus cohaerens var. antarctica	(BrÚbisson) Wille 1924
	Chroococcus dispersus	(Keissler) Lemmermann 1904
	Chroococcus giganteus	W. West 1892
	Chroococcus helveticus	Nõgeli 1849
	Chroococcus limneticus	Lemmermann 1898
	Chroococcus minor	(Kitz.) N¿g.
	Chroococcus minor f. minima	W. West et G.S. West 1894
	Chroococcus minor var. dispersus	Keissler 1902		Synonym
	Chroococcus minutus	(Kitz.) N¿g.
	Chroococcus minutus var. amethystacea	Wille 1924
	Chroococcus minutus var. obliteratus	(Richter) Hansgirg 1892
	Chroococcus montanus	Hansgirg 1892
	Chroococcus pallidus	Nõgeli 1849
	Chroococcus sp.
	Chroococcus spp.
	Chroococcus turgidus	(Kitz.) N¿g.
	Chroococcus westii	Boye-Petersen 1923
	Coccochloris aeruginosa	(Nõgeli) Drouet et Daily 1952		Synonym
	Coccochloris elabens	(BrÚbisson) Drouet et Daily 1956		Synonym
	Coccochloris stagnina	Sprengel 1807		Synonym
	Cyanosarcina chroococcoides	(Geitler) Kovßcik 1988/?
	Cyanosarcina sp.
	Cyanosarcina spectabilis	(Geitler) Kovßcik 1988/?
	Dactylococcopsis antarctica	Fritsch 1912/?
	Dactylococcopsis irregularis	G.M. Smith 1922
	Dactylococcopsis rhaphidioides	Hansgirg 1892 sensu G.M. Smith 1920		Synonym
	Dactylococcopsis smithii	R. et F. Chodat 1925		Synonym
	Dactylococcopsis sp.
	Dactylococcopsis sp./?
	Gloeocapsa aeruginosa	(Carmich.) Kitz.
	Gloeocapsa crepidinium
	Gloeocapsopis aurea	Mataloni et Komerak
	Gloeocapsopsis aurea	Mataloni & Kom¿rek
	Johannesbaptistia sp.
	Microcystis aeruginosa	(Kitz.) Kitzing
	Microcystis musiciola
Family Coccomyxaceae
	Palmogloea confluens	(Kitzing) Fott et Novakova 1971		Synonym
	Palmogloea protuberans	(Smith et Sowerby) Kitzing 1843		Synonym
Family Dictyosphaeriaceae
	Dictyosphaerium dichotmum
Family Entophysalidaceae
	Chlorogloea microcystoides	Geitler 1925
	Chlorogloea sp.
	Siphononema polonicum	(Raciborski) Geitler 1925
Family Eutreptiaceae
	Synechococcus nidulans	(Pringsheim) Kom. in Bourr.
	Synechococcus sp.
Family Gloeobacteraceae
	Gloeobacter violaceus	Rippka, Waterbury et Cohen-Bazire 1974
Family Hydrodictyaceae
	Pediastrum duplex	Meyen 1829
Family Hyellaceae
	Pleurocapsa minor	Hansgirg 1890 emend. Geitler 1925
	Pleurocapsa polonica	Raciborski 1910		Synonym
	Pleurocapsa sp.
Family Merismopediaceae
	Aphanocapsa delicatissima	West & West
	Aphanocapsa elachista	W. & G.S. West
	Aphanocapsa elachista var. irregularis	Boye-Petersen 1923
	Aphanocapsa endolithica	Ercegovic 1925		Synonym
	Aphanocapsa grevillei	(Berkeley) Rabenhorst 1865
	Aphanocapsa marina	Hansgirg 1890
	Aphanocapsa montana	Cramer in Wartmann et Schenk 1862		Synonym
	Aphanocapsa muscicola	(Menegh.) Wille
	Aphanocapsa parasitica	(Kitzing) Kom. & Anagn.
	Aphanocapsa parasitica var. glacialis	(Fritsch) nov. comb.
	Aphanocapsa parietina	Nõgeli 1849
	Aphanocapsa rivularis	(Carmichael) Rabenhorst 1865
	Aphanocapsa sp.
	Aphanocapsa sp./?
	cf. Microcystis firma	(Kitz.) Schm.
	Coelosphaerium dubium	Grunow in Rabenhorst 1865
	Merismopedia punctata	Meyen in Wiegmann 1839
	Merismopedia sp.
	Merismopedia tenuissima	Lemm.
	Merismopedia warmingiana	Lagerh.
	Merismopedium glaucum var. punctatum	(Ehrenberg) Nõgeli (Meyen) Hansgirg		Synonym
	Synechocystis aquatilis	Sauvageau 1892
	Synechocystis crassa	Voronichin 1929
	Synechocystis pevalekii	Ercegovic 1925
	Synechocystis sallensis	Skuja 1929
	Synechocystis sp.
	Synechocystis sp./?
	Tetrachloris merismopedioides	Skuja
Family Micractiniaceae
	Golenkinia minutissima	Lyengar et Balakrishnan 1956		Synonym
	Golenkiniopsis parvula	(Voronichin) Korsikov 1953
Family Microcystaceae
	Anacystis dimidiata	(Kitzing) Drouet et Daily 1952		Synonym
	Anacystis marina	(Hansgirg) Drouet et Daily 1948		Synonym
	Anacystis montana	(Lightfoot) Drouet et Daily 1952		Synonym
	Chondrocystis dermocroa	(Nõgeli) Komßrek et Anagnostidis 1995
	Chondrocystis sp.
	Eucapsis alpina	Clements et Shantz 1909
	Eucapsis minor	(Skuja) Elenkin 1933
	Eucapsis minuta	Fritsch
	Eucapsis sp.
	Gloeocapsa alpina	(Nõgeli) emend. Brand 1900
	Gloeocapsa atrata	Kitzing 1845
	Gloeocapsa calcarea	Tilden 1898
	Gloeocapsa compacta	Kitzing 1845-49
	Gloeocapsa crepidinum	Thuret 1876
	Gloeocapsa dermochroa	Nõgeli 1849		Synonym
	Gloeocapsa k³tzingiana	Nõgeli 1849/?
	Gloeocapsa magma	(BrÚbisson) Hollerbach emend.1924/?
	Gloeocapsa montana	Kitzing 1843
	Gloeocapsa punctata	Nõgeli 1849/?
	Gloeocapsa ralfsiana	(Harvey) Kitzing 1845-69/?
	Gloeocapsa rupicola	Kitzing 1849
	Gloeocapsa shuttleworthiana	Kitzing 1843
	Gloeocapsa sp.
	Gloeocapsa sp./?
	Microcystis chroococcoidea	W. et G.S. West 1911
	Microcystis elabens	Kitzing (BrÚbisson) Kitzing 1846		Synonym
	Microcystis elachista	(W. et G.S. West) Starmach 1966/?		Synonym
	Microcystis fuscolutea	(Hansgirg) Forti in De Toni 1907
	Microcystis grevillei	(Berkeley) Elenkin 1938		Synonym
	Microcystis marginata	(Meneghini) Kitzing 1846		Synonym
	Microcystis merismopedioides	Fritsch 1912
	Microcystis muscicola	(Meneghini) Elenkin 1938		Synonym
	Microcystis novacekii	(Komßrek) CompÞre 1974
	Microcystis parasitica	Kitzing 1843		Synonym
	Microcystis parasitica var. glacialis	Fritsch 1912		Synonym
	Microcystis parietina	(Nõgeli) Elenkin 1938		Synonym
	Microcystis pulverea	(Wood) Forti in De Toni 1907
	Microcystis pulverea f. irregularis	(B. Petersen) Elenkin 1938
	Microcystis sp.
	Microcystis stagnalis	Lemmermann 1903
	Microcystis wesenbergii	Komßrek 1958
	Polycistus sp.
Family Not assigned to a family
	Characiochloris characioides	(Korshikoff) Pascher 1927
	Elliptochloris sp./?
	Elliptochloris subsphaerica	(Reisigl) Ettl et Gõrtner 1995
	Palmellococcus reniformis	(S. Watanabe) S. Watanabe 1979		Synonym
Family Oocystaceae
	Chodatella brevispina	Fritsch 1912		Synonym
	Graesiella vacuolata	(Shihira et Krauss) Kalina et Puncochßrovßá 1987/?
	Hemichloris antarctica
	Oocystis sp.
	Selenastrum gracile	Reinsch 1867		Synonym
Family Synechococcaceae
	Aphanothece castagnei	(BrÚbisson) Rabenhorst 1865
	Aphanothece chlatrata	W. & G.S. West
	Aphanothece clathrata	W. et G.S. West 1906
	Aphanothece elabens	(BrÚbisson in Meneghini) Elenkin 1938
	Aphanothece nidulans	Richter 1884/?
	Aphanothece pallida	(Kitz.) Rabenh.
	Aphanothece prasina	A. Braun in Rabenhorst 1865		Synonym
	Aphanothece saxicola	Nõgeli 1849
	Aphanothece sp.
	Aphanothece stagnina	(Sprengel) A. Braun in Rabenhorst 1865
	Cyanobacterium cedrorum	(Sauvageau) Komßrek, Kopeck² et Cepßk 1999
	Cyanothece aeruginosa	(Nõgeli) Komßrek 1976
	Cyanothece aeruginosus	(N¿g.) Kom.
	Cyanothece cedrorum	(Sauv.) Kom.
	Cyanothece cf. aeruginosa	(Nõgeli) Komßrek 1976
	Cyanothece maior	(Schr÷eter) Komßrek 1976
	Gloeothece rupestris	(Lyngbye) Bornet in Wittrock et Nordstedt 1880
	Gloeothece sp.
	Rhabdoderma minima	Lemmermann 1908
	Rhabdoderma sigmoidea f. minor	Carter 1923
	Rhabdogloea ellipsoidea	Schr÷der 1917
	Rhabdogloea smithii (R. et	F. Chodat) Komßrek 1983
	Rhabdonema sp.
	Synechococcus aeruginosus	Nõgeli 1849/?
	Synechococcus brunneolus	Rabenhorst 1863
	Synechococcus cedrorum	Sauvageau 1892/?		Synonym
	Synechococcus elongatus	(Nõgeli) Nõgeli 1849
	Synechococcus maior	Schroeter 1883		Synonym
	Synechococcus maior f. crassus	(Archer) Elenkin 1938		Synonym
Family Xenococcaceae
	Chroococcidiopsis sp.
	Chroococcidiopsis sp./?
	Myxosarcina chroococcoides	Geitler 1927/?		Synonym
	Myxosarcina concinna	Printz 1921
	Myxosarcina sp.
	Myxosarcina spectabilis	Geitler 1933		Synonym
	Xenococcus schousboei	Thuret in Bornet et Thuret 1880