WoRMS taxon details
Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
660933 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:660933)
- Biota
- Bacteria(Kingdom)
- Negibacteria(Subkingdom)
- Cyanobacteria(Phylum)
- Cyanophyceae(Class)
- Oscillatoriophycidae(Subclass)
- Spirulinales(Order)
- Spirulinaceae(Family)
- Spirulina(Genus)
- Spirulina major(Species)
accepted
Species
Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont, 1892
Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Arthrospira major (Kützing ex Gomont) W.B.Crow, 1927 · unaccepted(synonym)
Oscillatoria oscillariorides Iltis, 1970 · unaccepted
· unaccepted
Spirulina oscillariorides Turpin, 1827 · unaccepted(synonym)
Ordering
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- By status
Children Display
- Forma accepted as Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gomont, M. (1892 (1893)). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique.</em> 7(16): 91-264. [details]
LSIDurn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:101758
LSIDurn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:101758[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). Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=660933 on 2025-03-28
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2012-09-05 09:21:21Z
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Guiry, Michael D.
2015-03-31 11:11:42Z
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Guiry, Michael D.
2015-06-26 12:00:51Z
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[taxonomic tree]
- Sources (6)
- Documented distribution (4)
- Notes (3)
- Attributes (5)
- Links (9)
Nomenclature
original descriptionGomont, 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 recordGuiry, 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 recordHällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details]Available for editors [request]
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 sourceLiu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]Available for editors [request]
additional sourceBroady, P.A. (1979). The terrestrial algae of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. <em>British Antarctic Survey Report.</em> 98:134 pp. [details]Available for editors [request]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSIDurn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:101758[details]
Unreviewed
EnvironmentOn moist soil or among other algae in salt lakes, or other stagnant or flowing waters.[details]
HabitatAquas stagnantes dulces vel subsalsas, etiam thermales Cambriae, Galliae ad Lutetiam insulam Batz Armoricae, Brest, le Croisic et Germaniae.[details]
Definitions
Published in AlgaeBase(from synonymArthrospira major (Kützing ex Gomont) W.B.Crow, 1927)
Published in AlgaeBase
Published in AlgaeBase(from synonymSpirulina oscillariorides Turpin, 1827)
Published in AlgaeBase(from synonymOscillatoria oscillariorides Iltis, 1970)
Published in AlgaeBase(from synonym)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spirulina major)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4400 proteins)
To ITIS
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