Anabaena spiroides Klebahn 1895
Publication Details
Anabaena spiroides Klebahn 1895: 13 (footnote), no fig.
Published in: Klebahn, J. (1895). Allgemeiner Charakter der Pflanzenwelt der Plöner Seen. Forschungsberichte aus der Biologischen Station zu Plön 3: 1-17.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Anabaena is Anabaena oscillarioides Bory ex Bornet & Flahault .
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dolichospermum spiroides (Klebahn) Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & Komárek.
Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. (2013). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Cyanoprokaryota: Heterocystous Genera (Nostocales, Stigonematales). Vol. 19/3 pp. [i]-xviii, [1]-1130. Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum.
Type Information
Type locality: Plöner See, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; (Silva & al. 1996: 68)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 21 March 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 11 February 2025
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Nomenclatural note
Also described as "n. sp." in Klebahn (1895: 268, pl. IV [4]: figs. 11-13). INA treated the Forschungsberichte aus der Biologischen Station zu Plön publication as earlier. - (23 December 2011) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 February 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 March 2025
