WoRMS taxon details
Ophiophycus aerugineus D.E.Berthold, Lefler & Laughinghouse, 2020
1660772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1660772)
accepted
Species
marine
Berthold, D. E.; Lefler, F. W.; Laughinghouse, H. D. (2021). Untangling filamentous marine cyanobacterial diversity from the coast of South Florida with the description of Vermifilaceae fam. nov. and three new genera: Leptochromothrix gen. nov., Ophiophycus gen. nov., and Vermifilum gen. nov. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 160: 107010., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107010 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Ophiophycus aerugineus D.E.Berthold, Lefler & Laughinghouse, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1660772 on 2025-10-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Berthold, D. E.; Lefler, F. W.; Laughinghouse, H. D. (2021). Untangling filamentous marine cyanobacterial diversity from the coast of South Florida with the description of Vermifilaceae fam. nov. and three new genera: Leptochromothrix gen. nov., Ophiophycus gen. nov., and Vermifilum gen. nov. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 160: 107010., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107010 [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
