Synechococcus capitatus A.E.Bailey-Watts & Komárek 1991

Publication Details
Synechococcus capitatus A.E.Bailey-Watts & Komárek 1991: 16, figs 1, 2

Published in: Bailey-Watts, A.E. & Komárek, J. (1991). Towards a formal description of a new species of Synechococcus (Cyanobacteria/Cyanophyceae) from the freshwater picoplankton. Arch. Hydrobiol./Algolog. Stud. 61: 5-19.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Synechococcus is Synechococcus elongatus (Nägeli) Nägeli.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Scotland: Loch Leven; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: Fig. 1: (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with a knob-like head or tip (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 April 2021

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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