Synechococcus spongiarum Usher, Toze, Fromont, Kuo & Sutton, nom. inval. 2004

Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Eubacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Synechococcophycidae
Order Synechococcales
Family Synechococcaceae
Genus Synechococcus

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Publication details
Synechococcus spongiarum Usher, Toze, Fromont, Kuo & Sutton 2004: 183, nom. inval.

Published in: Usher, K.M., Toze, S., Fromont, J., Kuo, J. & Sutton, D.C. (2004). A new species of cyanobacterial symbiont from the marine sponge Chondrilla nucula. Symbiosis 36: 183-192.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Synechococcus is Synechococcus elongatus (Nägeli) Nägeli.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Nomenclatural notes
Original validation uncertain. - (22 Oct 2016) - M.D. Guiry

General environment
This is a marine species.

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Key references
Usher, K.M., Fromont, J., Sutton, D.C. & Toze, S. (2004). The biogeography and phylogeny of unicellular cyanobacterial symbionts in sponges from Australia and the Mediterranean. Microbial Ecology 48: 167-177.

Usher, K.M., Kuo, J., Fromont, J., Toze, S. & Sutton, D.C. (2006). Comparative morphology of five species of symbiotic and non-symbiotic coccoid cyanobacteria. European Journal of Phycology 41: 179-188.

Created: 08 September 2006 by Wendy Guiry

Verified by: 22 October 2016 by M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 December 2020.