Leptolyngbya antarctica (W.West & G.S.West) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988

Publication Details
Leptolyngbya antarctica (W.West & G.S.West) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988: 390

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 currently regarded as a synonym of Shackletoniella antarctica (W.West & G.S.West) Strunecky, Raabova & Bernardova.

Source of Synonymy
Strunecky, O., Raabova, L., Bernardova, A., Ivanova, A.P., Semanova, A., Crossley, J. & Kaftan, D. (2019 '2020'). Diversity of cyanobacteria at the Alaska North Slope with description of two new genera: Gibliniella and Shackletoniella. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 96(fiz189): 1-20, 9 figs, 1 table.

Basionym
Phormidium antarcticum W.West & G.S.West

Type Information
Type locality: Antarctica: Cape Royds: Pony Lake.; (INA 1996) Type: Apr. 1908, Jan. 1909; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), of or pertaining to the Antarctic (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Solitary filaments or large macroscopic, greyishbrown, massive mats. Filaments nearly straight or irregularly coiled, often oriented ± parallel; tri chomes not constricted at cross walls, pale greyish bluegreen, 0.5-0.7(1) µm wide, not attenuated towards ends; sheaths indistinct, confluent, or distinctly de veloped around individual trichomes, colourless, sometimes forming gelatinous mass with attached small detritus particles. Cells up to 2× longer than wide, mainly up to 1.8 µm long; apical cells rounded or conical rounded.

Created: 02 February 2005 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 23 January 2021

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 May 2025