MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Arthrospira platensis Gomont, 1892

WoRMS taxon details

Arthrospira platensis Gomont, 1892

AphiaID

213728 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213728)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Arthrospira Sitzenberger ex Gomont, 1892

Original name

Arthrospira platensis Gomont, 1892

Synonymised names

Arthrospira jenneri var. platensis (Gomont) Guarrera & Kühnemann · unaccepted

Oscillatoria platensis (Gomont) Bourrelly, 1970 · unaccepted

Spirulina jenneri var. platensis Nordstedt, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)

Spirulina platensis (Gomont) Geitler, 1925 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, fresh

Original description

Gomont, M. (1892 (1893)). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique. 7(16): 91-264. [details]

Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:109007

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:109007 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Arthrospira platensis Gomont, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213728 on 2025-06-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-08-04 11:37:51Z

created

Vermaercke, Sigrid

2000-08-18 12:25:04Z

changed

Vermaercke, Sigrid

2006-04-27 11:38:17Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2012-10-23 12:06:30Z

checked

Guiry, Michael D.

2015-06-26 12:00:51Z

changed

db_admin

2021-08-27 06:27:33Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

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Nomenclature

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

basis of record Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 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]

basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

Other

context source (ERMS) Gkelis, S.; Ourailidis, I.; Panou, M.; Pappas, N. (2016). Cyanobacteria of Greece: an annotated checklist. Biodiversity Data Journal. 4: e10084., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.4.e10084 [details]

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:109007 [details]

Unreviewed

Environment In stagnant waters, Lahore in Pakistan; Calcutta in Bengal; in plankton in Beira lake, Ceylon. [details]

Habitat Ditionem Uruguay Americae meridionalis, prope Montevideo. [details]

Remark Drouet (1968: 279, 304), after examining the holotype of this species (in LD), assigned it to Microcoleus lyngbyaceus (Kützing) P. Crouan & H. Crouan. [details]

Definitions