Higher Classification: > Kingdom Bacteria > Subkingdom Gracilicutes > Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae > Subclass Oscillatoriophycideae > Order Chroococcales > Family Microcystaceae

Microcystis Lemmermann, 1907

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Polycystis (Kützing) Kützing, 1849 synonym

Children

Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing, 1846
Microcystis firma (Kützing) Schmidle, 1902
Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock in Wittrock & Nordstedt) Kirchner, 1898
Microcystis flosaquae (Wittrock) Kirchner, 1898
Microcystis ichthyoblabe Kützing, 1843
Microcystis novacekii (Komárek) Compère, 1974
Microcystis scripta (Richter) Geitler, 1925
Microcystis smithii Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1995
Microcystis stagnalis Lemmermann, 1903
Microcystis viridis (A.Braun) Lemmermann, 1903
Microcystis wesenbergii (Komárek) Komárek, 1968

Literature

original description

Lemmermann, E. (1907). Cryptogamenfl. Mark Brandenb. 3/1: 45.

basis of record

Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2).

additional source

CyanoDB

additional source

Algaebase

additional source

ITIS database

additional source

Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No. 95: 210 pp.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

External Links

GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Microcystis Lemmermann, 1907. 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). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146557

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2010-08-12 by Michael D. Guiry

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