Anabaena aphanizomenoides Forti 1911

Current name: Sphaerospermopsis aphanizomenoides (Forti) Zapomelová & al.
Boyd, Texas, USA; Lugols, 1000x, DIC - 23 August 2011. Karl Bruun

Publication Details
Anabaena aphanizomenoides Forti 1911: 4, fig. 2

Published in: Forti, A. (1911). Diagnoses myxophycearum novarum. Atti e Memorie dell'Accademia di Agricoltura, Scienze e Lettere, Arti e Commercia di Verona, Series IV 12: 3-5, 1 pl.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Anabaena is Anabaena oscillarioides Bory ex Bornet & Flahault .

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sphaerospermopsis aphanizomenoides (Forti) Zapomelová & al..

Source of Synonymy
Zapomelová, E., Jezberová, J., Hrouzek, P., Hisem, D., Reháková, K. & Komárková, J. (2010). Nomenclatural Note: Polyphasic characterization of three strains of Anabaena reniformis and Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides (cyanobacteria) and their reclassification to Sphaerospermum gen. nov. (incl. Anabaena kisseleviana) (45: 1363-73). Journal of Phycology 46(2): 415.

Type Information
Type locality: Turkey: Iznik; (INA 1996) Type: Forti; 25.viii.1900; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latinised), resembling the genus Aphanizomenon.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 September 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Binomial also proposed by Usachev, P.I., 1938, Mat. Gidrobiol. Litol. Kasp. Morja. p. 109, fig. 7. (See INA). - (26 March 2021) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 September 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 June 2025