Trichormus variabilis (Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault) Komárek & Anagnostidis

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

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Publication details
Trichormus variabilis (Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault) Komárek & Anagnostidis 1989: 304

Original publication: Komárek, J., Anagnostidis, K. (1989). Modern approach to the classification system of Cyanophytes 4 - Nostocales. Algological Studies 56: 247-345.

Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Trichormus.

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

Basionym
Anabaena variabilis Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), variable (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Anabaena variabilis Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault 1886

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Anabaena variabilis Kützing 1843

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Anabaena variabilis Kützing)
Ireland: Antrim (Adams 1907, Guiry 1978), Cork (Guiry 1978).

Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Ireland (Adams 1907, Guiry 1978), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas 1982, Aboal 1988, Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988, Calvo, Bárbara & Cremades 1999).

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), USA (O'Brien et al 2006).

South America: Brazil (Oliveira Filho 1977).

Africa: Egypt (Papenfuss 1968).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), New Zealand (Chapman 1956, Chapman 1956), Queensland (Day et al. 1995, Phillips 2002), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).

(as Trichormus variabilis (Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault) Komárek & Anagnostidis)
Europe: Belgium (Willame et al 2006), Denmark (Nielsen 2002), Romania (Caraus 2012), Spain (Calvo & Bárbara 2002, Bárbara et al. 2005).

Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Haroun et al. 2002, Haroun et al. 2003, Anon 2011).

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010).

South-west Asia: Bangladesh (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).

South-east Asia: Myanmar (Burma) (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Broady & Merican 2012), Queensland (Bostock & Holland 2010).

Key references
Willame, R., Boutte, C., Grubisic, S., Wilmotte, A., Komarek, J. & Hoffmann, L. (2006). Morphological and molecular characterization of planktonic cyanobacteria from Belgium and Luxembourg. Journal of Phycology 42: 1312-1332.

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

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=Trichormus&Species=variabilis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 08 August 2000 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 29 January 2007 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 709 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=23796

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:60396