Planktolyngbya circumcreta (G.S.West) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988
Publication Details
Planktolyngbya circumcreta (G.S.West) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988: 394
Published in: Anagnostidis, K. & Komárek, J. (1988). Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 80(1-4): 327-472, 35 figs, 13 tables.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Planktolyngbya is Planktolyngbya limnetica (Lemmermann) Komárková-Legnerová & Cronberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Limnolyngbya circumcreta (G.S.West) X.Li & R.Li..
Basionym
Lyngbya circumcreta G.S.West
Type Information
Type locality: Lake Victoria (near Bukoba, Tanzania and near Entebbe, Uganda); (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: W.A. Cunnington 249, 252 (Bukoba specimens); 620 (Entebbe specimens); (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Neotype: HAB2014-0112, fixed material of the culture CHAB 5683, deposite at IHB, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Li & Li, 2016).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 08 February 2005 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 22 August 2016
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 August 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024