Leptolyngbya tenuis (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988

Publication Details
Leptolyngbya tenuis (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988: 393

Published in: Anagnostidis, K. & Komárek, J. (1988). Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 80 (Algological Studies 50-53)(1-4): 327-472, 35 figs, 13 tables.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Leptolyngbya is Leptolyngbya boryana (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek.

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

Basionym
Phormidium tenue Gomont

Type Information
Type locality: Italy: Euganean therma springs [Anabena tenuis Meneghini 1837]; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, fine, slender (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.

Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 September 2017

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Usage note
Saxitoxin-producing species (Mohamed & Al-Shehri, 2015). - (30 July 2015) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 September 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 May 2025