Limnothrix amphigranulata (Goor) Meffert 1988

Publication Details
Limnothrix amphigranulata (Goor) Meffert 1988

Published in: Meffert, M.-E. (1988). Limnothrix Meffert nov. gen. - the unsheathed planktic cyanophycean filaments with polar and central gas vacuoles. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement 80 (Algological Studies 50-53): 269-276, 19 figs.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Limnothrix is Limnothrix redekei (Goor) Meffert.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudanabaena amphigranulata (Goor) Anagnostidis.

Source of Synonymy
Anagnostidis, K. (2001). Nomenclatural changes in cyanoprokaryotic order Oscillatoriales. Preslia, Praha 73: 359-375.

Basionym
Oscillatoria amphigranulata Goor

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 14 February 2022

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Nomenclatural note
See Komárek & Anagnostidis (2005: 96) for the erroneous interpretation by Meffert (1987) of the delimitation of Oscillatoria amphigranulata van Goor 1918, when transferring this species to Limnothrix. Despite this the nomenclatural transfer is valid. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 February 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 July 2025

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