Gloeocapsa

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Translingual

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Etymology

From gloeo- +‎ Latin capsa (“box”).

Proper noun

Gloeocapsa f

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
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