Aphanothece
Aphanothece is a polyphyletic genus with 63 accepted species. The name is derived from the Greek words, ‘aphanes’ and ‘theke’ which mean “invisible" and “box or sheath” respectively. This genera is cosmopolitan, found in soils, thermal springs and other benthic, freshwater, marine, hypersaline, and moist terrestrial environments. Morphology can vary, with both microscopic and macroscopic colonies large enough to be collected and preserved in herbarium records.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Aphanothece stagnina
speciesAphanothece stagnina
Aphanothece microscopica
speciesAphanothece microscopica
Aphanothece elabens
speciesAphanothece elabens
Aphanothece castagnei
speciesAphanothece castagnei
Aphanothece halophytica
speciesAphanothece halophytica
Aphanothece granulosa
speciesAphanothece granulosa
Aphanothece saxicola
speciesAphanothece saxicola
Aphanothece bullosa
speciesAphanothece bullosa
Aphanothece pallida
speciesAphanothece pallida
Aphanothece gelatinosa
speciesAphanothece gelatinosa
Aphanothece gardneri
speciesAphanothece gardneri
Aphanothece nidulans
speciesAphanothece nidulans
Aphanothece paralleliformis
speciesAphanothece paralleliformis
Aphanothece microspora
speciesAphanothece microspora
Aphanothece utahensis
speciesAphanothece utahensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Aphanothece in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 345790.