Anabaena compacta (Kützing) Trevisan

Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Nostocophycideae
Order Nostocales
Family Nostocaceae
Genus Anabaena

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Publication details
Anabaena compacta (Kützing) Trevisan 1845: 37

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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Sphaerozyga compacta Kützing

Type information
Type locality: Salzsümpfen auf Wangerooge, an Zostera marina (Silva 1996-to date). Type: July 1839; (Silva 1996-to date

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), compact (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Sphaerozyga compacta Kützing 1843

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Anabaena compacta (Kützing) Trevisan)
Europe: France (Willame et al 2006), Germany (Täuscher 2011).

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

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

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=compacta

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 23 December 2011 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 228 times since it was created.

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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 22 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:91936