Oscillatoria acutissima Kufferath 1914
Publication Details
Oscillatoria acutissima Kufferath 1914: 264, fig. 15
Published in: Kufferath, H. (1914). Contribution à l'étude de la flore algologique du Luxembourg meridionale. II. Chlorophycees (exclus. Desmidiacées), Flagellates et Cyanophycées. Annales de Biologie Lacustre 7: 231-271.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Oscillatoria is Oscillatoria princeps Vaucher ex Gomont.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Anagnostidinema acutissimum (Kufferath) Strunecký, Bohunická, J.R.Johansen & J.Komárek.
Source of Synonymy
Strunecky, O., Bohunická, M., Johansen, J.R., Capková, K., Raabová, L., Dvorák, P. & Komárek, J., (2017). A revision of the genus Geitlerinema and a description of the genus Anagnostidinema gen. nov. (Oscillatoriophycidae, Cyanobacteria). Fottea 17(1): 114-126, 4 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Belgium: prov. Luxembourg: Etalle; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 September 2023
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Harmful species - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2025
