Species Arthrospira fusiformis

Name: Arthrospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Komárek and Lund 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Spirulina fusiformis Woronichin 1934

Etymology: fu.si.for’mis. L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, form; N.L. fem. adj. fusiformis, spindle-shaped

Gender: feminine

Holotype: CCALA 26; SAG 85.79; UTEX 2340

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16S rRNA gene: KM019968 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Komárek J, Lund JWG. What is Spirulina platensis in fact?. Algological Studies 1990; 58:1-13.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limnospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Limnospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Spirulina fusiformis Woronichin 1934	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Arthrospira fusiformis 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Arthrospira Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Komárek J, Lund JWG. What is Spirulina platensis in fact?. Algological Studies 1990; 58:1-13.

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Record number: 6694

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