Sphaerospermopsis torquesreginae (Komárek) Werner, Laughinghouse IV, Fiore & Sant'Anna 2012
Publication Details
Sphaerospermopsis torquesreginae (Komárek) Werner, Laughinghouse IV, Fiore & Sant'Anna 2012: 230 (as 'torques-reginae')
Published in: Werner, V.R., Laughinghouse, H.D.IV, Fiore, M.F., Sant'Anna, C.L., Hoff, C., de Souza Santos, K.R., Neuhaus, E.B., Molica, R.J.R., Honda, R.Y. & Echenique, R.O. (2012). Morphological and molecular studies of Sphaerospermopsis torques-reginae (Cyanobacteria, Nostocales) from South American water blooms. Phycologia 51(2): 228-238.
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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphaerospermopsis is Sphaerospermopsis reniformis (Lemmermann) Zapomelová, Jezberová, Hrouzek, Hisem, Reháková & Komárková.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Anabaena torquesreginae Komárek
Type Information
Type locality: "Locus classicus: In stagnis eutrophicis prope Boca de Laguna del Tesoro in Península Zapata, Provincia Matanzas, Cuba."; (Komárek 1984: 14) Type ("lconotypus: figura nostra 10."): Komárek; 2.xi.1980; (Komárek 1984: 14) Notes: Originally described from planktonic populations of Cuban eutrophic environments (Werner et al. 2012).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2012 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 September 2023
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Habitat note
Observed in different aquatic environments, natural and artificial, tropical and subtropical in Brazil, temperate in Argentina, and tropical in Colombia, suggesting a wide distribution in South America; normally occurred in dense freshwater blooms, although also found in water with low salinity (Werner et al. 2012). - (24 April 2012) - G.M. Guiry
Usage note
Toxic blooms have been reported in tropical water bodies in northeastern Brazil (Werner et al. 2012). - (24 April 2012) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2025
