Oscillatoria redekei Goor 1918
Publication Details
Oscillatoria redekei Goor 1918: 258, pl. 2: fig. 3 a-e (as 'Redekei')
Published in: Goor, A.C.J. van (1918). Zur Kenntnis der Oscillatoriaceen. Reçueil des Travaux Botaniques Néerlandais 15(3): 255-262.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Oscillatoria is Oscillatoria princeps Vaucher ex Gomont.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Limnothrix redekei (Goor) Meffert.
Source of Synonymy
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 Information
Type locality: "Vivit planctonica per totum annum in stagno magno prope Amstelveen, in fossis quoque aliis Hollandiae" [living in plankton in stagnant water through the year near Amstelveen, the Netherlands]; (Goor 1918: 259)
Eponomy
"Nach Dr. H. C. Redeke in Helder."
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 January 2025
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 January 2025
