Leptolyngbya nigrescens Komárek 2007

Publication Details
Leptolyngbya nigrescens Komárek 2007: 214 (Table), 221, fig. 6

Published in: Komárek, J. (2007). Phenotype diversity of the cyanobacterial genus Leptolyngbya in the maritime Antarctic. Polish Polar Research 28(3): 211-231.

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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 Phormidesmis nigrescens (Komarek) Raabová, L.Kovacik, Elster & Strunecký.

Source of Synonymy
Raabová, L., Kovacik, L., Elster, J. & Strunecký, O. (2019). Review of the genus Phormidesmis (Cyanobacteria) based on environmental, morphological, and molecular data with description of a new genus Leptodesmis. Phytotaxa 395(1): 1-16, 6 figs, 4 tables.

Type Information
South Shetlands Islands: King George Island: Admiralty Bay.;

Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), becoming black (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.

Created: 17 October 2011 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 April 2019

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 April 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 June 2025

 
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