Anabaena solitaria f. planctonica (Brunnthaler) Komárek 1958
Current name:
Dolichospermum planctonicum (Brunnthaler) Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & Komárek
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; pond, Lugol's, 400x, DIC - 15 July 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Anabaena solitaria f. planctonica (Brunnthaler) Komárek 1958: 129
Published in: Komárek, J. & Ettl, H. (1958). Algologische Studien. pp. [1]-358. Prag [Prague]: Verlag der Tschechoslowakischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Anabaena is Anabaena oscillarioides Bory ex Bornet & Flahault .
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dolichospermum planctonicum (Brunnthaler) Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & Komárek.
Basionym
Anabaena planctonica Brunnthaler
Type Information
Type locality: Asia Minor: Abullonia-Gol [N.W. Turkey]; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), alone, by itself, solitary (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 September 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 September 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
