gloeothece gloeothece gloeothece is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family aphanothecaceae. gloeothece gloeothece confluens näg. scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: cyanobacteria class: cyanophyceae order: chroococcales family: aphanothecaceae genus: gloeothecec.nägeli the genus was first described by carl nägeli in 1849. the genus has cosmopolitan distribution. species: gloeothece confluens nägeli gloeothece palea (kützing) nägeli gloeothece rupestris (lyngbye) bornet