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Arthrospira Sitzenberger ex Gomont, 1892 
AphiaID: 162385

Classification: Biota > Bacteria (Kingdom) > Gracilicutes (Subkingdom) > Cyanobacteria (Phylum) > Cyanophyceae (Class) > Oscillatoriophycideae (Subclass) > Oscillatoriales (Order) > Phormidiaceae (Family) > Phormidioideae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Phormidioideae
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: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details]

additional source: Harms, J. , 1993. Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight) - a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuch. 47 1: 1-34. [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Arthrospira fusiformis (Voronikhin) J.Komárek & J.W.G.Lund, 1990
Species Arthrospira gigantea (Schmidle) Anagnostidis, 1998
Species Arthrospira jenneri Stizenberger ex Gomont, 1892
Species Arthrospira platensis (Nordstedt) Gomont, 1892

Species Arthrospira breviarticulata Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1918 accepted as Spirulina breviaticulata (Setchell & N.L. Gardner) Geitler, 1932
Species Arthrospira brevis (Kützing) Drouet, 1968 accepted as Phormidium breve (Kützing ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Species Arthrospira major (Kützing) Crow, 1927 accepted as Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Species Arthrospira neapolitana (Kützing ex Gomont) F.E.Drouet, 1969 accepted as Phormidium breve (Kützing ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Distribution Helgoland [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:162385
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-07-01 09:11:45Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2005-07-26 06:53:13Z  changed  Espinel, Nadjejda
2011-07-14 07:45:33Z  checked  Guiry, Michael D.
2012-07-04 13:40:04Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Arthrospira Sitzenberger ex Gomont, 1892. 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=162385 on 2013-06-20
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