Taxonomic Drilldown

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Kingdom	Bacteria
Phylum	Cyanobacteria
Class	Cyanophyceae
Order	Nostocales

List of all species - see Taxon profile using the number

Family Gomontiellaceae
	Crinalium epipsammum	Winder, Stal et Mur 1991/?
	Crinalium glaciale	Broady et Kibblewhite 1991
	Crinalium glaciale helicoides
	Crinalium glaciale var. helicoides	Broady et Kibblewhite 1991
	Crinalium magnum	Fritsch et John 1942/?
	Crinalium sp.
Family Microchaetaceae
	Coleodesmium sp.
	Microchaete sp.
	Petalonema involvens	(A. Braun) Migula 1907
	Petalonema velutinum	(Rabenhorst) Migula 1907
	Tolypothrix bouteillei	(BrÚbisson et Desmazieres) Lemmermann 1910/?
	Tolypothrix byssoidea	(Berk.) Kirch.
	Tolypothrix conglutinata	Borzi 1879
	Tolypothrix distorta	Kitzing 1843
	Tolypothrix distorta var. penicillata	(Agardh) Lemmermann 1910
	Tolypothrix fragilis	(Gardner) Geitler 1932
	Tolypothrix limbata	Thuret in Bornet et Thuret 1887
	Tolypothrix sp.
	Tolypothrix tenuis	Kitzing 1843
Family Nostocaceae
	Amorphonostoc paludosum	(Kitzing) Elenkin 1938		Synonym
	Amorphonstoc paludosum
	Anabaena aequalis	Borge 1906
	Anabaena antarctica	Fritsch 1912		Synonym
	Anabaena cf. constricta	(Szafer) Geitl.
	Anabaena constricta	(Szafer) Geitler 1925
	Anabaena cylindrica	Lemmermann 1896
	Anabaena oscillatorioides var. kasumensis	Fukushima 1968
	Anabaena sp.
	Isocystis pallida	Woronichin 1927		Synonym
	Nodularia harveyana	Thuret
	Nodularia harveyana var. sphaerocarpa	(Bornet et Flahult) Elenkin 1916
	Nodularia quadrata	Fritsch 1912
	Nodularia sp.
	Nodularia spumigena	Mertensen in J³rgens 1822
	Nodularia spumigena var. minor	Fritsch 1912
	Nostoc antarctica	W. et G.S. West 1911
	Nostoc borneti	Gain 1911
	Nostoc cf. punctiforme	(Kuetz.) Hariot
	Nostoc commune
	Nostoc cuticolare f. polymorphum	(Kukk) Kondratieva 1968
	Nostoc disciforme	Fritsch 1912
	Nostoc fuscescens	Fritsch 1912
	Nostoc fuscescens var. mixta	Fritsch 1917
	Nostoc hederulae	Meneghini 1849		Synonym
	Nostoc hydrocoleoides	Reinsch 1877
	Nostoc kilmani	Lemmermann 1900
	Nostoc linckia	Roth ex Bornet et Flahult 1880
	Nostoc longstaffi	Fritsch 1912
	Nostoc microscopicum	Carmichel sec. Harvey, in Hook 1833/?
	Nostoc minutum	Desmazieres 1831
	Nostoc pachidermaticum	Gain 1912
	Nostoc paludosum	Kitzing
	Nostoc piscinale	Kitzing 1843
	Nostoc pruniforme	Agardh 1812
	Nostoc punctiforme	(Kitzing) Hariot 1891/?
	Nostoc sphaericum	Vaucher 1803/?
	Nostoc verrucosum	Vaucher 1803
	Pseudanabaena sp.
	Stratonostoc linckia	(Roth) Elenkin 1938		Synonym
	Trichormus antarcticus	(Fritsch) Komßrek et Anagnostidis 1989
Family Oscillatoriaceae
	Blennothrix sp.
	cf. Lyngbya sp.
Family Rivulariaceae
	Calothrix antarctica	Fritsch 1912
	Calothrix braunii	Bornet et Flahault 1886
	Calothrix brevissima	G.S. West 1907
	Calothrix epiphytica	W. et G.S. West 1897
	Calothrix gracilis	Fritsch 1912
	Calothrix gypsophila	(Kitzing) Thuret em. Poljansky 1949		Synonym
	Calothrix gypsophila f. orsiniana	(Kitzing) V. Poljanski 1934		Synonym
	Calothrix intricata	Fritsch 1912/?
	Calothrix orsiniana	(Kitzing) Thuret 1875		Synonym
	Calothrix parietina	Thuret 1875/?
	Calothrix pulvinata	Agardh ex Bornet et Flahault 1886
	Calothrix sp.
	Dichothrix gypsophila	(Kitzing) Bornet et Flahault 1886
	Dichothrix orsiniana	(Kitzing) Bornet et Flahault 1888
	Dichothrix sp.
	Dichothrix sp.
	Gloeotrichia contracta
Family Scytonemataceae
	Hydrocoryne spongiosa	Schwabe 1827
	Plectonema battersii	Gom.
	Plectonema boryanum	Gom.
	Plectonema nostocorum	Bornet in Bornet et Thuret 1880		Synonym
	Plectonema notatum	Schmidle
	Plectonema sp.
	Scytonema involvens	(A. Braun) Rabenhorst 1865 ex Bornet et Flahault 1		Synonym
	Scytonema myochrous	(Dillwin) Agardh 1812
	Scytonema ocellatum	Lyngbye 1819
	Scytonema schmidtii	Gomont 1901
	Scytonema sp.
	Scytonema velutinum	Kitzing in Rabenhorst ex Bornet et Flahault 1877		Synonym