How diverse are coccoid cyanobacteria? A case study of terrestrial habitats from the Atlantic Rainforest (São Paulo, Brazil) Author Jr, Watson Arantes Gama Institute of Botany, Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ficologia, C. P. 3005, 1031 - 970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil & E-mail: watsonarantes @ gmail. com (corresponding author) Author Iv, Haywood Dail Laughinghouse Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA & Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA Author Sant’Anna, Célia Leite Institute of Botany, Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ficologia, C. P. 3005, 1031 - 970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil text Phytotaxa 2014 2014-09-12 178 2 61 97 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.178.2.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.178.2.1 1179-3163 5145178 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) .