Aphanocapsa intertexta Gardner (1927: 4)

Jr, Watson Arantes Gama, Iv, Haywood Dail Laughinghouse & Sant’Anna, Célia Leite, 2014, How diverse are coccoid cyanobacteria? A case study of terrestrial habitats from the Atlantic Rainforest (São Paulo, Brazil), Phytotaxa 178 (2), pp. 61-97 : 67

Aphanocapsa intertexta Gardner (1927: 4) ( Figs. 3B–3C ).

Round to irregular colonies, 13.7–63.5 µm diam. Sheath gelatinous, hyaline, inconspicuous to conspicuous. Cells sparsely disposed, spherical, 2.4–3.0 µm diam. Cell content homogenous, sometimes slightly granulated, blue-green.

Habitat: —Wet rock.

Notes: —The colonies were always found mixed with other cyanobacteria, mainly trichomes of Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault (1886: 85) and Stigonema Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault (1886: 62) .

Studied material: — BRAZIL. São Paulo: Peruíbe, Ecological Station “Juréia-Itatins”, 24° 26.162’ S, 47° 3.773’ W, 15 August 2011, W.A. Gama-Jr., G.S. Hentschke, C.F.S. Malone & C.L. Sant’Anna (SP 427307); 24° 24.146’ S, 47° 3.648’ W, 15 August 2011, W.A. Gama-Jr., G.S. Hentschke, C.F.S. Malone & C.L. Sant’Anna (SP 427310) .

Figures

FIGURES 3A. Lemmermanniella terrestris. General colony habit, showing cells disposed in one layer only and detail of cell morphology. FIGURES 3B–3C. Aphanocapsa intertexta. General aspect of a colony without conspicuous mucilage and a conspicuous mucilage colony forming subcolonies (arrows).