This taxonomic guide provides images and descriptions of common planktonic Synechococcales and includes benthic taxa that may appear incidentally in pelagic or shore samples. It is designed for microscopists to aid in the The material is based on taxa seen within Southeast Queensland, Australia, though they are mostly cosmopolitan genera and species. The genera included in this book are below, with some taxa identified to species where identification can be achieved reliably.

• Coelosphaeriaceae
  • Coelosphaerium, Coelomoron, Snowella, Woronichinia
• Leptolyngbyaceae
  • Planktolyngbya, Limnolyngbya
• Romeriaceae
  • Romeria
• Merismopediaceae
  • Aphanocapsa, Eucapsis, Merismopedia, Pannus, Synechocystis
• Pseudanabaenaceae
  • Pseudanabaena, Limnothrix
• Synechococcaceae
  • Anathece, Cyanodictyon, Cyanogranis, Cyanocatena, Lemmermanniella, Rhabdoderma, Rhabdogloea, Synechococcus, Cyanonephron