Gloeocapsopsis sp. 1

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 : 76

Gloeocapsopsis sp. 1 (Figs. 7C–7E).

Sarcinoid, round to irregular colonies, 14.6–159.4 µm diam., sub-colonies often present, overlapping. Sheath firm, hyaline to orange, rusty red, conspicuous, lamellate, finely granulated. Cells ellipsoid, hemispherical to polygonal, 6.1–10.6 µm diam. Cell content granulated, blue-green to olive-green.

Habitat: —Dry tree bark.

Notes: —The studied population is morphologically similar to G. dvorakii and G. magma (Brébisson in Brébisson & Godey 1835: 40) Komárek & Anagnostidis ex J. Komárek (1993: 24). Usually, these species do not have lamellate sheaths and the coloration pattern found in Gloeocapsopsis sp. 1 is different than the other species of Gloeocapsopsis . These features were consistently observed in all three populations found in the Atlantic Rainforest. Except for G. ferruginea Komárek & Watanabe (1998: 123) , which was found epiphytic on filamentous algae in a lake, all Gloeocapsopsis species are described from rocks, a different habitat than the analyzed material.

Studied material: — BRAZIL. São Paulo: São Luís do Paraitinga, State Park of “Serra do Mar” ( Santa Virgínia ), 23º 20’ 36” S, 45º 7’ 44” W, 24 February 2010, W.A. Gama-Jr. (SP 401424) ; 23º 20’ 36” S, 45º 8’ 17” W, 24 February 2010, W.A. Gama-Jr. (SP 401429) ; Peruíbe, Ecological Station “Juréia-Itatins”, 24° 23.018’ S, 47° 4.847’ W, 17 August 2011, W.A. Gama-Jr., G.S. Hentschke, C.F.S. Malone & C.L. Sant’Anna (SP 427326) .