Microcystis marginata (Meneghini) Kützing 1846

Publication Details
Microcystis marginata (Meneghini) Kützing 1846: 6, pl. 8 [in part]

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1846). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. I, fasc. 1 pp. 1-8, pls 1-10. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).

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Publication date: January 1846

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Microcystis is Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing.

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

Basionym
Anacystis marginata Meneghini

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), margined (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 June 2024

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Taxonomic note
See Komárek & Anagnostidis (1999: 230) regarding Kützing's interpretation of this species and that of later authors. - (08 August 2014) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025

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