A report of two novel cyanobacterial species from Aphanocapsa for flora of Iran

In summer 2013, phytobenthos and periphyton cyanobacterial samples were collected from Sirch hot springs which are located in 50 Km of southeast of Kerman city (Iran) with coordinates of 30° 09´ 44˝ N and 57° 35´ 50.0˝ E (Fig. 1A). Aphanocapsa rivularis, A. delicatissima are new species for Iran flora. The species of Aphanocapsa genera which have been reported previously from Iran are: Aphanocapsa grevillei (Berkeley) Rabenhorstby Faghir & Shafii (2013), Soltani et al. (2012); A. incerta (Lemmermann) G. Cronberg & Komárek by Ramezanpoor (2004); and A. crassa Ghose by Tahami (2013).