Pseudanabaena redekei (Goor) B.A.Whitton, nom. inval. 2011
Publication Details
Pseudanabaena redekei (Goor) B.A.Whitton, nom. inval. 2011: 110
Published in: Whitton, B.A. (2011). Cyanobacteria (Cyanophyta). In: The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. Second edition. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 31-158. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pseudanabaena is Pseudanabaena catenata Lauterborn.
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.
Basionym
Oscillatoria redekei Goor
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)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 06 May 2014 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 February 2022
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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: the precise page number of the basionym is not cited (cf. Art. 41.5, Note 1, Melbourne Code). Incidental inclusion in Chang, Köst & Wanner (1985, figure legend for fig. 33 on p. 152) is also invalid as there is no bibliogrsaphic information [INA]. - (20 February 2018) - M.D. 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 29 July 2025