Nodularia spumigena Mertens ex Bornet & Flahault 1888

Publication Details
Nodularia spumigena Mertens ex Bornet & Flahault 1888: 245

Published in: Bornet, É. & Flahault, C. (1886 '1888'). Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 7: 177-262.

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Publication date: 1 Jan 1886

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Nodularia.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Norderney, East Frisian Islands, Germany [see note below]; (Silva & al. 1996: 70) Notes: Europe; Australia (INA). The above type locality refers to Nostoc spumigena Mertens in Jürgens 1822 [Nostoc spumigena (Mertens) Drouet 1978].

General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.

Created: 29 January 2001 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 May 2024

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Nomenclatural note
Nodularia spumigena Mertens (in Jürgens) 1822 in several sources, but this name is an invalid pre-starting-point name. - (15 April 2015) - G.M. Guiry

Usage note
Produces a peptide, hepatotoxin, which can kill domestic and wild animals that drink from the shores of eutrophic ponds, lakes and reservoirs. Affected animals include: cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, pigs, fowl, turkeys, mice, and perhaps other birds and fish. The toxin is known to contaminate drinking water and may also accumulate in mussels. Fish and crustacea are said to avoid estuaries affect by Nodularia blooms (Hallegraeff, 1991: 94). Harmful species (Lassus et al. 2017). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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