Microcystis stagnalis (Lemmermann) Lemmermann 1903

Publication Details
Microcystis stagnalis (Lemmermann) Lemmermann 1903: 150

Published in: Lemmermann E. (1903). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Planktonalgen. XV. Das Phytoplankton einiger Plöner Seen. Forschungsberichte aus der Biologischen Station zu Plön 10: 116-171, 7 figures.

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Publication date: 12 June 1903

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Microcystis is Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aphanocapsa stagnalis (Lemmermann) Beljakova.

Source of Synonymy
Joosten, A.M.T. (2006). Flora of the blue-green algae of the Netherlands. I. The non-filamentous species of inland waters. pp. [1-]5-237. Utrecht: KNNV Publishing.

Basionym
Polycystis stagnalis Lemmermann

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 March 2020

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Taxonomic note
Komárek & Anagnostidis (1999: 165) lists this as an "Unrevised European species" - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 May 2025

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