Taxonomic Drilldown

At any stage, you can move up or down the Taxonomic hierachy of Antarctic/subantarctic species by clicking on any name. Lower level taxon counts are shown in [].

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Kingdom Bacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Order Chroococcales
Family Microcystaceae

List of all species - see Taxon profile using the number

Genus Anacystis
Anacystis dimidiata (Kitzing) Drouet et Daily 1952 Synonym
Anacystis marina (Hansgirg) Drouet et Daily 1948 Synonym
Anacystis montana (Lightfoot) Drouet et Daily 1952 Synonym
Genus Chondrocystis
Chondrocystis dermocroa (Nõgeli) Komßrek et Anagnostidis 1995
Chondrocystis sp.
Genus Eucapsis
Eucapsis alpina Clements et Shantz 1909
Eucapsis minor (Skuja) Elenkin 1933
Eucapsis minuta Fritsch
Eucapsis sp.
Genus Gloeocapsa
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./?
Genus Microcystis
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
Genus Polycistus
Polycistus sp.