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

Microcoleus chtonoplastes (Mertens) Zanardini

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microcoleus*	Desmazières ex Gomont, 1892	accepted genus name

Literature

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	León-Tejera, H., M. Gold-Morgan, and G. Montejano. 2009. Benthic Cyanoprokaryota (Cyanobacteria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 47–56 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Stati

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Microcoleus chtonoplastes (Mertens) Zanardini. 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:213730