Microcystis testacea (Kützing) Elenkin 1936
Publication Details
Microcystis testacea (Kützing) Elenkin 1936: 336
Published in: Elenkin, A.A. (1936). Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Obshchaya chast' [Blue-green algae of the USSR. Monograph of freshwater and terrestrial Syanofiseae found within the USSR. A common part]. pp. [1]-679, 91 figs. Moscow & Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian]
Publication date: May 1936
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Microcystis is Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aphanocapsa testacea (Kützing) Nägeli.
Basionym
Palmella testacea A.Braun ex Kützing
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), light-brown; brick-coloured (Neal 1993).
Created: 10 July 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 30 March 2022
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024