WoRMS taxon details
Arthrospira platensis Gomont, 1892
213728 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213728)
accepted
Species
Oscillatoria platensis (Gomont) Bourrelly, 1970 · unaccepted
Spirulina jenneri var. platensis Nordstedt, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Spirulina platensis (Gomont) Geitler, 1925 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Gomont, M. (1892 (1893)). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique.</em> 7(16): 91-264. [details] 
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:109007
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:109007 [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). Arthrospira platensis Gomont, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213728 on 2025-03-21
Date
action
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2000-08-04 11:37:51Z
created
Vermaercke, Sigrid
2000-08-18 12:25:04Z
changed
Vermaercke, Sigrid
2015-06-26 12:00:51Z
changed
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Nomenclature
original description
Gomont, M. (1892 (1893)). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique.</em> 7(16): 91-264. [details]
basis of record Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [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 Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [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]
Other
context source (ERMS)
Gkelis, S.; Ourailidis, I.; Panou, M.; Pappas, N. (2016). Cyanobacteria of Greece: an annotated checklist. <em>Biodiversity Data Journal.</em> 4: e10084., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.4.e10084 [details]
additional source 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]
additional source 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:109007 [details]Unreviewed
Environment In stagnant waters, Lahore in Pakistan; Calcutta in Bengal; in plankton in Beira lake, Ceylon. [details]Habitat Ditionem Uruguay Americae meridionalis, prope Montevideo. [details]
Remark Drouet (1968: 279, 304), after examining the holotype of this species (in LD), assigned it to Microcoleus lyngbyaceus (Kützing) P. Crouan & H. Crouan. [details]
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Spirulina platensis (Gomont) Geitler, 1925)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Arthrospira jenneri var. platensis (Gomont) Guarrera & Kühnemann)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Spirulina jenneri var. platensis Nordstedt, 1884)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Oscillatoria platensis (Gomont) Bourrelly, 1970)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Spirulina platensis (Gomont) Geitler, 1925)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arthrospira platensis)
To GenBank (151 nucleotides; 5498 proteins) (from synonym Spirulina platensis (Gomont) Geitler, 1925)
To GenBank (151 nucleotides; 5498 proteins)
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Spirulina platensis (Gomont) Geitler, 1925)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Arthrospira jenneri var. platensis (Gomont) Guarrera & Kühnemann)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Spirulina jenneri var. platensis Nordstedt, 1884)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Oscillatoria platensis (Gomont) Bourrelly, 1970)To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Spirulina platensis (Gomont) Geitler, 1925)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arthrospira platensis)
To GenBank (151 nucleotides; 5498 proteins) (from synonym Spirulina platensis (Gomont) Geitler, 1925)
To GenBank (151 nucleotides; 5498 proteins)
