Microcystis salina (Woronichin) Elenkin 1936
Publication Details
Microcystis salina (Woronichin) Elenkin 1936: 271
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]
Request PDFPublication 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 salina Woronichin.
Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1999). Cyanoprokaryota. 1. Chroococcales. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Begründet von A. Pascher. Band 19/1. (Ettl, H., Gärtner, G., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds), pp. 1-548. Heidelberg & Berlin: Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag.
Basionym
Aphanocapsa salina Woronichin
Type Information
Type locality: Kulundin Steppe, Tomsk Oblast, Russia; (Silva & al. 1996: 30)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), saline (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 22 February 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
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 25 November 2024
