Anabaena aphanizomenoides Forti
Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Nostocophycideae
Order Nostocales
Family Nostocaceae
Genus Anabaena
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Boyd, Texas, USA; Lugols, 400x, DIC. 23 Aug 2011. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun.
Boyd, Texas, USA; Lugols, 1000x, DIC. 23 Aug 2011. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun.
Publication details
Anabaena aphanizomenoides Forti 1911: 4, fig. 2
Original publication: Forti, A. (1911). Diagnoses myxophycearum novarum. Atti e Memorie dell'Accademia di Agricoltura, Scienze e Lettere, Arti e Commercia di Verona, Series IV 12: 3-5, 1 pl.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Anabaena is Anabaena oscillatorioides Bory de Saint-Vincent ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Sphaerospermopsis aphanizomenoides (Forti) Zapomelová, Jezberová, Hrouzek, Hisem, Reháková & Komárková
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latinised), resembling the genus Aphanizomenon.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a Freshwater species.
Distribution by country
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).
Source of synonymy
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.
Key references
Wynne, M.J. & De Clerck, O. (1999). First reports of Padina antillarum and P. glabra (Phaeophyta-Dictyotaceae) from Florida, with a key to the western Atlantic species of the genus. Caribbean Journal of Science 35: 286-295.
Zapomelová, E., Jezberová, J., Hrouzek, P., Hisem, D., Reháková & Komárková, J. (2009). Polyphasic characterization of three strains of Anabaena reniformis and Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides (Cyanobacteria) and their reclassification to Sphaerospermum gen. nov. (incl. Anabaena kisseleviana. Journal of Phycology 45(6): 1363-1373.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Anabaena&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=Anabaena&Species=aphanizomenoides
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 06 March 2013 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1579 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Stuken, A., Rucker, J., Endrulat, T., Preussel, K., Hemm, M., Nixdorf, B., Karsten, U. & Wiedner, C. (2006). Distribution of three alien cyanobacterial species (Nostocales) in northeast Germany: Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, Anabaena bergii and Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides. Phycologia 45: 696-703.
Zapomelová, E., Jezberová, J., Hrouzek, P., Hisem, D., Reháková & Komárková, J. (2009). Polyphasic characterization of three strains of Anabaena reniformis and Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides (Cyanobacteria) and their reclassification to Sphaerospermum gen. nov. (incl. Anabaena kisseleviana. Journal of Phycology 45(6): 1363-1373.
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.
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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 20 June 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:106077
