Aphanothece elabens (Brébisson ex Meneghini) Elenkin

Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Eubacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Oscillatoriophycidae
Order Chroococcales
Family Aphanothecaceae
Genus Aphanothece

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Publication details
Aphanothece elabens (Brébisson ex Meneghini) Elenkin 1938

Published in: Elenkin, A.A. (1938). Monographia algarum cyanophycearum aquidulcium et terrestrium in finibus URSS inventarum. (Sinezelenye vodorosli SSSR). Pars spec. (1-2). pp. 1-1908. Moskva-Leningrad: Izd. AN SSSR.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Aphanothece is Aphanothece microscopica Nägeli.

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

Basionym
Micraloa elabens Brébisson ex Meneghini

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Micraloa elabens Brébisson ex Meneghini 1842
Microcystis elabens (Brébisson) Kützing 1846
Diplocystis elabens (Brébisson) Trevisan 1848
Polycystis elabens (Brébisson) Kützing 1849
Anacystis elabens (Brébisson) Setchell & Gardner 1918
Coccochloris elabens (Brébisson) F.E.Drouet & W.A.Daily 1956

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Microcystis elabens var. maior Bachmann 1921
Microcystis aphanothecoides Zalessky 1926
Aphanothece elabens var. minor Nygaard 1929

Usage notes
Microcystin-producing species (Mohamed & Al-Shehri, 2015). - (30 Jul 2015) - Wendy Guiry

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

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Key references
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1999). Cyanoprokaryota. 1. Chroococcales. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Begründet von A. Pascher. Band 19/1. (Ettl, H., Gärtner, G., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds), pp. 1-548. Heidelberg & Berlin: Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag.

Whitton, B.A. (2002). Phylum Cyanophyta (Cyanobacteria). In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 25-122. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Whitton, B.A. (2011). Cyanobacteria (Cyanophyta). In: The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. Second edition. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 31-158. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Xia Bangmei [Xia, B.-M.] (2017). Flora algarum marinarum sinicarum Tomus I Cyanophyta. pp. [1-8], i-xix, 1-176, pls I-IV. Beijing: Science Press. [in Chinese]

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 04 September 2017 by M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 March 2019.