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WoRMS taxon details

Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont, 1892

660933 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:660933)

  1. Biota
  2. Bacteria(Kingdom)
  3. Negibacteria(Subkingdom)
  4. Cyanobacteria(Phylum)
  5. Cyanophyceae(Class)
  6. Oscillatoriophycidae(Subclass)
  7. Spirulinales(Order)
  8. Spirulinaceae(Family)
  9. Spirulina(Genus)
  10. 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)

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  1. 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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2015-03-31 11:11:42Z

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2015-06-26 12:00:51Z

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  • 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 WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (3)[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 WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (4)[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 WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (5)[request]


WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (6)PresentWoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (7)Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (8)InaccurateWoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (9)Introduced: alienWoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (10)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

WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (11)

Published in AlgaeBaseWoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (12)(from synonymArthrospira major (Kützing ex Gomont) W.B.Crow, 1927)
Published in AlgaeBaseWoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (13)
Published in AlgaeBaseWoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (14)(from synonymSpirulina oscillariorides Turpin, 1827)
Published in AlgaeBaseWoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (15)(from synonymOscillatoria oscillariorides Iltis, 1970)
Published in AlgaeBaseWoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (16)(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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