Gloeocapsa

Translingual

Etymology

From gloeo- +‎ Latin capsa (“box”).

Proper noun

Gloeocapsa f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Chroococcaceae – certain cyanobacteria.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Cyanobacteria - phylum; Cyanophyceae - class; Oscillatoriophycidae - subclass; Chroococcales - order; Chroococcaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Gloeocapsa gelatinosa - type species; Gloeocapsa magma - selected other species

References

• Gloeocapsa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gloeocapsa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Gloeocapsa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons