Species Arthrospira breviarticulata

Name: Arthrospira breviarticulata Setchell and Gardner 1918

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bre.vi.ar.ti.cu.la’ta. L. fem. perf. part. articulata, furnished with joints; N.L. fem. part. adj. breviarticulata, furnished with short joints

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bre-wi-ar-ti-ku-LA-ta, feminine

Holotype: 1634

Valid publication: Gardner NL. New Pacific coast marine algae III. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1918; 6:466.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Spirulina breviarticulata (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Geitler 1932

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Spirulina breviarticulata (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Geitler 1932	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Arthrospira breviarticulata is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Arthrospira.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Setchell and Gardner) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Gardner).
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Arthrospira Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Gardner NL. New Pacific coast marine algae III. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1918; 6:466.

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Record number: 37567

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Species Arthrospira breviarticulata