Higher Classification: > Kingdom Bacteria > Subkingdom Gracilicutes > Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae > Subclass Oscillatoriophycideae > Order Oscillatoriales > Family Phormidiaceae > Subfamily Phormidioideae > Genus Phormidium

Phormidium formosum (Bory de Saint-Vincent ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phormidium*	Kützing ex Gomont, 1892	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Oscillatoria formosa*	Bory de Saint-Vincent ex Gomont, 1892	basionym
*Oscillatoria formosa*	Bory de Saint-Vincent ex Gomont, 1892	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Algaebase
additional source	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No. 95: 210 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank
GBIF

Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Phormidium formosum (Bory de Saint-Vincent ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146697