Phormidium ambiguum Gomont

Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Oscillatoriophycideae
Order Oscillatoriales
Family Phormidiaceae
Subfamily Phormidioideae
Genus Phormidium

• Taxonomy
• References
• Submit Feedback
• Submit Reference
• Links
• Genbank
• Index Nominum Algarum
• Google
• Biodiversity Heritage Library

Publication details
Phormidium ambiguum Gomont 1892: 178-179, pl. 5: fig. 10

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Phormidium is Phormidium lucidum Kützing ex Gomont.

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

Origin of species name
Adjective A (Latin), doubtful, uncertain (Stearn 1973).

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amphithrix amoena Kützing 1843
Lyngbya bourrellyana Compère 1974

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Nordhausen, Germany (Amphithrix amoena Kützing) (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 49).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Phormidium ambiguum Gomont)
Europe: Britain (Batters 1902, Whitton et al. 2003), Germany (Täuscher 2011), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Turkey (Europe) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010).

Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Comas González 2008).

Africa: Madagascar (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Indian Ocean Islands: Mauritius (Silva & Pienaar 2000).

South-west Asia: India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Israel (Vinogradova et al. 2000), Pakistan (Leghari et al. 2005), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Chapman 1956, Broady & Merican 2012), Queensland (Bostock & Holland 2010).

Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).

Nomenclatural notes
Substitute name for Amphithrix amoena Kützing 1843 (prior existence of P. amoenum Kützing 1843) (Silva et al. 1996: 49). - (11 Jul 2012) - Wendy Guiry

Key references
Geitler, L. (1932). Cyanophyceae. In: Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. (Rabenhorst, L. Eds) Vol. 14, pp. 673-1056. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft.

Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..

Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: 1-1259.

Silva, S.M.F. & Pienaar, R.N. (2000). Some benthic marine cyanophyceae of Mauritius. Botanica Marina 43: 11-27, 86 figs.

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

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=Phormidium&Species=ambiguum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 08 March 2001 by Sandy Lawson

Verified by: 11 July 2012 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 471 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=24766

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy 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 19 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:59491