Planktothrix mougeotii Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988

Publication Details
Planktothrix mougeotii Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988: 416

Published in: Anagnostidis, K. & Komárek, J. (1988). Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 80 (Algological Studies 50-53)(1-4): 327-472, 35 figs, 13 tables.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Planktothrix is Planktothrix agardhii (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: France: Vosges, coll.: Mougeot [Oscillatoria mougeotiiBory 1827]; (INA 1996) Notes: Type strain TR1-5^T.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 June 2014

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Nomenclatural notes
Planktothrix mougeotii (Bory ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988: 416. Cited as Planktothrix mougeotii K. Agnostidis & J. Komárek 1918: 416, "new name" in Index Nominum Algarum and in Whitton (John et al. 2002) who notes that there is no description of Oscillatoria mougeotii in Gomont (1892). - (04 August 2011) - G.M. Guiry
Suda et al. (2002: 1591) note that O. mougeotii Bory ex Gomont is clearly described as a synonym of O. formosa Bory (Gomont, 1892) [accepted name Phormidium formosa (Bory de Saint-Vincent) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988]. See discussion on pages 1589-1591 in Suda et al. (2002). - (05 August 2011) - G.M. Guiry

Usage note
Harmful species - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 June 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 June 2025