Cyanidium sulphurarium (Galdieri) F.D.Ott 1994

Current name: Galdieria sulphuraria (Galdieri) Merola
Galdieria sulphuraria ASU 5587.1 - 30 March 2017. Creative commons

Publication Details
Cyanidium sulphurarium (Galdieri) F.D.Ott 1994: 149

Published in: Ott, F.D. & Sechbach, J. (1994). New classification of the genus Cyanidium Geitler 1933. In: Evolutionary pathways and enigmatic algae. (Sechbach, J. Eds), pp. 113-132. Dordrecht: Klewer Academic Publisher.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cyanidium is Cyanidium caldarium (Tilden) Geitler.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Galdieria sulphuraria (Galdieri) Merola.

Source of Synonymy
Merola, A., Castaldo, R., De Luca, P., Gambardella, R. Musacchio, A. & Taddei, R (1982). Revision of Cyanidium caladium. Three species of acidophilic algae. Giornale Botanico Italiano 15: 189-195.

Basionym
Pleurococcus sulphurarius Galdieri

Type Information
Type locality: Italy: Solfatara di Pozzuoli; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 19 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 March 2022

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M.D. Guiry 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 08 June 2025