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Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont, 1892

146541  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146541)

  1. Biota
  2. Bacteria (Kingdom)
  3. Negibacteria (Subkingdom)
  4. Cyanobacteria (Phylum)
  5. Cyanophyceae (Class)
  6. Oscillatoriophycidae (Subclass)
  7. Spirulinales (Order)
  8. Spirulinaceae (Family)
  9. Spirulina (Genus)
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  1. Species Spirulina abbreviata Lemmermann, 1895
  2. Species Spirulina adriatica Hansgirg, 1890
  3. Species Spirulina baltica B.Martens & Pankow, 1972
  4. Species Spirulina breviarticulata (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Geitler, 1932
  5. Species Spirulina cabrerae González Guerrero, 1945
  6. Species Spirulina cavanillesiana González Guerrero, 1946
  7. Species Spirulina gessneri Schiller, 1956
  8. Species Spirulina gordiana González Guerrero, 1946
  9. Species Spirulina labyrinthiformis Gomont, 1892
  10. Species Spirulina legitima Schiller, 1956
  11. Species Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
  12. Species Spirulina meneghiniana Zanardini ex Gomont, 1892
  13. Species Spirulina nordstedtii Gomont, 1892
  14. Species Spirulina pseudotenuissima P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1867
  15. Species Spirulina regis L.Hoffmann, 1991
  16. Species Spirulina robusta H.Welsh, 1965
  17. Species Spirulina rosea P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan ex Gomont, 1892
  18. Species Spirulina stagnicola Drouet, 1937
  19. Species Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont, 1892
  20. Species Spirulina tenerrima Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
  21. Species Spirulina undulans K.N.Deckenbach, 1901
  22. Species Spirulina versicolor Cohn ex Gomont, 1892
  23. Species Spirulina weissii Drouet, 1942
  24. Species Spirulina mediterranea K.N.Deckenbach, 1901 (uncertain)
  25. Species Spirulina ardissoni Cohn ex Rabenhorst, 1865 accepted as Arthrospira ardissonei Forti, 1907
  26. Species Spirulina funiformis (Vouk) J.De Toni, 1946 accepted as Oscillatoria funiformis (Vouk) Komárek, 2001
  27. Species Spirulina margaritae Frémy, 1927 accepted as Arthrospira margaritae (Frémy) Gomont ex Anagnostidis & Komárek, 2005
  28. Species Spirulina maxima (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Geitler, 1932 accepted as Limnospira maxima (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Nowicka-Krawczyk, Mühlsteinová & Hauer, 2019
  29. Species Spirulina miniata Hauck, 1878 accepted as Arthrospira miniata Gomont, 1892
  30. Species Spirulina oceanica (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1854 accepted as Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont, 1892 (synonym)
  31. Species Spirulina supersalsa Schiller, 1956 accepted as Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont, 1892
  32. Species Spirulina tenuissima Kützing ex De Toni, 1892 accepted as Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont, 1892
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gomont, M. (1892 (1893)). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique.</em> 7(16): 91-264. [details] OpenAccess publication
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8546  
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8546 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146541 on 2026-06-22
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2005-01-27 09:58:12Z
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db_admin
2005-07-26 12:01:18Z
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Espinel, Nadjejda
2010-08-12 10:48:12Z
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Guiry, Michael D.
2012-06-08 07:20:12Z
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Guiry, Michael D.
2018-09-03 07:35:54Z
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Guiry, Michael D.

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Nomenclature

original description Gomont, M. (1892 (1893)). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique.</em> 7(16): 91-264. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details] 

Other

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] 

additional source Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

 
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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8546 [details]

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Classification In Müller (2004) it is included in the Family Oscillatoriaceae [details]
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Japanese ラセンモ属  [details]
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spirulina) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spirulina) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106525) 
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