Phormidium limosum (Dillwyn) P.C.Silva 1996
Publication Details
Phormidium limosum (Dillwyn) P.C.Silva 1996: 52
Published in: Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Phormidium is Phormidium lucidum Kützing ex Gomont.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Oscillatoria limosa C.Agardh ex Gomont.
Basionym
Conferva limosa Dillwyn
Type Information
Type locality: "On the muddy edges of Rivers, Ditches and Ponds." [no specific locality, Britain]; (Dillwyn 1802: pl. 20) Lectotype: LINN (now in BM); (Drouet 1968: 262) Notes: In the absence of a specimen in the Dillenius-Ray herbarium (OXF), a specimen labelled "Conferva limosa" in the set of Dillwyn Exsiccatae.
General Environment
This is a freshwatermarinebrackish species.
Created: 12 March 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 12 January 2011
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 January 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
