Sphaerospermopsis aphanizomenoides (Forti) Zapomelová, Jezberová, Hrouzek, Hisem, Reháková & Komárková

Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Nostocophycideae
Order Nostocales
Family Nostocaceae
Genus Sphaerospermopsis

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Publication details
Sphaerospermopsis aphanizomenoides (Forti) Zapomelová, Jezberová, Hrouzek, Hisem, Reháková & Komárková 2010: 415

Original publication: Zapomelová, E., Jezberová, J., Hrouzek, P., Hisem, D., Reháková, K. & Komárková, J. (2010). Nomenclatural Note: Polyphasic characterization of three strains of Anabaena reniformis and Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides (cyanobacteria) and their reclassification to Sphaerospermum gen. nov. (incl. Anabaena kisseleviana) (45: 1363-73). Journal of Phycology 46(2): 415.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphaerospermopsis is Sphaerospermopsis reniformis (Lemmermann) Zapomelová, Jezberová, Hrouzek, Hisem, Reháková & Komárková.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Anabaena aphanizomenoides Forti

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latinised), resembling the genus Aphanizomenon.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Anabaena aphanizomenoides Forti 1911
Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides (Forti) Hortobágyi & Komárek 1979
Sphaerospermum aphanizomenoides (Forti) Zapomelová Zapomelová, Jezberová, Hrouzek, Hisem, Reháková & Komárková 2009

General environment
This is a Freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Anabaena aphanizomenoides Forti)
Europe: Czech Republic (Zapomelová et al. 2009), Poland (Kokocinski & Soininen 2012), Romania (Caraus 2002).

Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Comas González 2008).

South-west Asia: Israel (Vinogradova et al. 2000).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), New Zealand (Broady & Merican 2012), Queensland (Day et al. 1995, Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

(as Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides (Forti) Hortobágyi & Komárek)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Czech Republic (Zapomelová et al. 2009), Germany (Stuken et al 2006, Täuscher 2011), Romania (Caraus 2012), Turkey (Europe) (Ersanli & Gönülol 2006).

Asia: China (Wu et al. 2010).

South-east Asia: Singapore (Pham et al. 2011).

(as Sphaerospermopsis aphanizomenoides (Forti) Zapomelová, Jezberová, Hrouzek, Hisem, Reháková & Komárková)
Europe: Czech Republic (Zapomelová et al. 2011).

Key references
Zapomelová, E., Hrouzek, P., Rezanka, T., Jezberová, J., Reháková, K., Hisem, D. & Komárková, J. (2011). Polyphasic characterization of Dolichospermum spp. and Sphaerospermopsis spp. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): morphology, 16S rRNA gene sequences and fatty acid and secondary metabolites profiles. Journal of Phycology 47(5): 1152-1163.

Zapomelová, E., Skaácelová, O., Pumann, P., Kopp, R. & Janecek, E. (2012). Biogeographically interesting planktonic Nostocales (Cyanobacteria) in the Czech Republic and their polyphasic evaluation resulting in taxonomic revisions of Anabaena bergii Ostenfeld 1908 (Chrysosporum gen. nov.) and A. tenericaulis Nygaard 1949 (Dolichospermum tenericaule comb. nova). Hydrobiologia 698: 353-365.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Sphaerospermopsis&species=aphanizomenoides

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Sphaerospermopsis&Species=aphanizomenoides

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 05 November 2010 by Wendy Guiry

Verified by: 12 January 2013 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 834 times since it was created.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:98626