Phormidium chalybeum   (Mertens ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komarek,  1988 (Cyanobacteria formerly Blue Green Algae)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Bacteria
Phylum:Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order:Oscillatoriales
Family:Phormidiaceae
Description
Synonym (s)
• Oscillatoria chalybea Mertens in Jurgens, 1822
• Lyngbya chalybea (Mertens) Hansgirg, 1887
(Heterotypic synonym)
• Oscillatoria chalybea Mertens ex Gomont, 1892
(Homotypic synonym)
• Lyngbya chalybea (Mertens) Hansgirg ex Hansgirg, 1892
(Heterotypic synonym)
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography


• INDIA
• SRI LANKA
Literature Source(s)
  • Hussain, SM Brief report on biodiversity in the coastal areas of Pakistan p 113
  • (2006) Algaebase Available at - http://www.algaebase.org/
  • Silva, PC; Basson, PW and Moe, RL (1996) Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean University of California Press 79 1259 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
Page last updated on:2010-09-26

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