Name: Arthrospira maxima Setchell and Gardner 1917

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma’xi.ma. L. fem. adj. maxima, chief

Pronunciation, gender: MA-ksi-ma, feminine

Holotype: UTEX 2720

Valid publication: Gardner NL. New Pacific coast marine algae I. University of California Publications in Botany 1917; 6:377-416.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limnospira maxima (Setchell and Gardner 1917) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spirulina fusiformis Woronichin 1934	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Limnospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Arthrospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Komárek and Lund 1990	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Limnospira indica (Desikachary and Jeeji Bai 1992) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Spirulina maxima (Setchell and Gardner 1917) Geitler 1932	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym
    Limnospira maxima (Setchell and Gardner 1917) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Pinchart et al. (2024), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Limnospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019. Publication: Pinchart PE, Marter P, Brinkmann H, Quilichini Y, Mysara M, Petersen J, Pasqualini V, Mastroleo F. The genus Limnospira contains only two species both unable to produce microcystins: L. maxima and L. platensis comb. nov. iScience 2024; 27:110845. 🇩🇪
  • ⏰ According to Pinchart et al. (2024), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Arthrospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Komárek and Lund 1990. Publication: Pinchart PE, Marter P, Brinkmann H, Quilichini Y, Mysara M, Petersen J, Pasqualini V, Mastroleo F. The genus Limnospira contains only two species both unable to produce microcystins: L. maxima and L. platensis comb. nov. iScience 2024; 27:110845. 🇩🇪
  • ⏰ According to Pinchart et al. (2024), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Spirulina fusiformis Woronichin 1934. Publication: Pinchart PE, Marter P, Brinkmann H, Quilichini Y, Mysara M, Petersen J, Pasqualini V, Mastroleo F. The genus Limnospira contains only two species both unable to produce microcystins: L. maxima and L. platensis comb. nov. iScience 2024; 27:110845. 🇩🇪
  • ⏰ According to Pinchart et al. (2024), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Limnospira indica (Desikachary and Jeeji Bai 1992) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019. Publication: Pinchart PE, Marter P, Brinkmann H, Quilichini Y, Mysara M, Petersen J, Pasqualini V, Mastroleo F. The genus Limnospira contains only two species both unable to produce microcystins: L. maxima and L. platensis comb. nov. iScience 2024; 27:110845. 🇩🇪
  • ❗ Arthrospira maxima 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 94 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Arthrospira Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Gardner NL. New Pacific coast marine algae I. University of California Publications in Botany 1917; 6:377-416.

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Record number: 6696