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(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.
Basionym
Phormidium antarcticum W.West & G.S.West
Type Information
Antarctica: Cape Royds: Pony Lake.;
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), of or pertaining to the Antarctic (Stearn 1973).
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 19 April 2024
