Anabaena constricta (Szafer) Geitler 1925

Current name: Johanseninema constrictum (Szafer) Hasler, Dvorák & Poulícková
Zámecký Pond in Chropyně, CZ (49.3540519N, 17.3698367E), epipelic population - 20 September 2027. Petr Hašler

Publication Details
Anabaena constricta (Szafer) Geitler 1925: 312

Published in: Geitler, L. (1925). Cyanophyceae. In: Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. Bd 12.. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. 1-458. Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer.

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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 Johanseninema constrictum (Szafer) Hasler, Dvorák & Poulícková.

Source of Synonymy
Hasler P., Dvorák P. & Poulícková A. (2014). Johanseninema, a corrected name for a recently described genus of filamentous epipelic cyanobacteria. Preslia (Prague) 86: 293-294.

Basionym
Oscillatoria constricta Szafer

Type Information
Type locality: near Lwiw, Ukraine; (Silva & al. 1996: 32)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), constricted.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 22 February 2001 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 12 November 2014

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Taxonomic note
"Unrevised species" (Komárek 2013: 834). - (07 February 2014) - M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 November 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 May 2025