Spirulina oscillariorides Turpin, nom. inval. 1827

Publication Details
Spirulina oscillariorides Turpin, nom. inval. 1827: 309, pl. Oscillariées: fig. 3

Published in: Turpin, P.J.F. (1827). Observations sur quelques productions marines, qui avoient été considerées, les unes, comme des Animalcules isolés, les autres, comme des agrégations filamenteuses d'animalcules analogues aux premiers. Mémoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 15: 299-328, pls 10, 11.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Spirulina is Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont.

Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (2005). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Cyanoprokaryota. Oscillatoriales. Vol. 19/2 pp. 759, 1010 figures. München: Elsevier Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.

Type Information
Type locality: "dans les eaux douces & pures des fossés"; (Silva & al. 1996: 56)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2001 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 24 February 2014

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Nomenclatural note
Often attribued "Turpin ex Gomont" but Gomont included this binomial under "Species inquirendae" (Gomont 1892: 255) and thus did not validate the name. - (24 February 2014) - M.D. Guiry

Taxonomic note
"Unrevised species." (Komárek & Anagnostidis 2005: 152). - (25 February 2014) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 February 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 April 2025