Spirocoleus contortus (Lemmermann) Compère 1985

Publication Details
Spirocoleus contortus (Lemmermann) Compère 1985: 489

Published in: Compère, P. (1985). Combinaisons nouvelles dans les Cyanophycées. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 55: 487-489.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Spirocoleus is Spirocoleus lagerheimii Möbius.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Planktolyngbya contorta (Lemmermann) Anagnostidis & Komárek.

Basionym
Lyngbya contorta Lemmermann

Type Information
Type locality: Waterneverstorfer Binnensee (east of Kiel), Germany; (Silva & al. 1996: 61)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), contorted, literally, ‘powerful, vehement, involved’. (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.

Created: 07 October 2017 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 12 August 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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