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Merismopedia Meyen, 1839 
AphiaID: 146545

Classification: Biota > Bacteria (Kingdom) > Gracilicutes (Subkingdom) > Cyanobacteria (Phylum) > Cyanophyceae (Class) > Synechococcophycideae (Subclass) > Synechococcales (Order) > Merismopediaceae (Family) > Merismopedioideae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Merismopedioideae
Synonymised
taxa
  Agmenellum Brébisson, 1839 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

additional source: Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://www.helcom.fi/stc/files/Publications/Proceedings/bsep95.pdf [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Merismopedia elegans A.Braun ex Kützing, 1849
Species Merismopedia glauca (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1845
Species Merismopedia minima Beck, 1897
Species Merismopedia punctata Meyen, 1839
Species Merismopedia quadruplicata (Meneghini) Trevisan, 1845
Species Merismopedia tenuissima Lemmermann, 1898
Species Merismopedia warmingiana Lagerheim, 1883

Species Merismopedia aeruginea Brébisson, 1849 accepted as Merismopedia glauca (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1845
Species Merismopedia cubica West, 1912 accepted as Eucapsis alpina Clements & Schantz, 1909
Species Merismopedia geminata Lagerheim, 1883 accepted as Microcrocis geminata (Lagerheim) Geitler, 1942
Species Merismopedia haumanii Kufferath, 1942 accepted as Merismopedia punctata Meyen, 1839
Species Merismopedia irregulare Lagerheim, 1883 accepted as In quarantine: not visible on public site
Species Merismopedia kuetzingii Nägeli, 1849 accepted as Merismopedia punctata Meyen, 1839
Species Merismopedia nova Wood, 1872 accepted as Merismopedia glauca (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1845
Environment marine
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Classification: In Müller (2004) it is included in the Family Microcystaceae [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146545
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-01-27 09:58:12Z  created  db_admin
2011-07-29 07:04:15Z  checked  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Merismopedia Meyen, 1839. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146545 on 2013-05-21
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