Taxonomic Drilldown

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Kingdom Bacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Order Oscillatoriales

List of all species - see Taxon profile using the number

Family Boriziaceae
Komvophoron schmidlei (Jaag) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Family Borziaceae
Borzia periklei (Anagnostidis) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Borzia sp./?
Borzia trilocularis Cohn ex Gomont 1892 Synonym
Family Oscillatoriaceae
Arthrospira sp.
cf. Oscillatoria sp.C Broady 1979
Katagnymene accurata Geitler 1982
Lyngbya aerugineo-caerulea (Kitzing) Gomont 1882 Synonym
Lyngbya aestuarii Liebmann 1841
Lyngbya aestuarii f. antarctica (Fritsch) Elenkin 1949
Lyngbya aestuarii var. antarctica Fritsch 1912 Synonym
Lyngbya allorgei FrÚmy 1930 Synonym
Lyngbya antarctica Gain 1911
Lyngbya attenuata Fritsch 1912 Synonym
Lyngbya autumnalis (C. Agardh) P. A. C. Senna Synonym
Lyngbya borneti Zukal 1894 Synonym
Lyngbya cf. shackletoni W. West and G.S. West
Lyngbya conradii Kufferath 1914
Lyngbya corium Bourrelly 1970 Synonym
Lyngbya distincta (Nordtstedt) Schmidle 1896 Synonym
Lyngbya erebi W. et G.S. West 1911 Synonym
Lyngbya fritschii Pankow 1991 Synonym
Lyngbya fusco-vaginata Starmach 1995
Lyngbya k³tzingiana Kirchner 1878 Synonym
Lyngbya k³tzingii Schmidle 1897 Synonym
Lyngbya k³tzingii var. distincta (Nordstedt) Lemmermann 1905 Synonym
Lyngbya lagerheimii (M÷bius) Gomont 1890 Synonym
Lyngbya limnetica Lemm.
Lyngbya limnetica var. granulifera Tschernov 1938 Synonym
Lyngbya lutea Gomont ex Gomont 1892 Synonym
Lyngbya martensiana Meneghini ex Gomont 1892 Synonym
Lyngbya mucicola Lemmermann 1904
Lyngbya murrayi W. et G.S. West 1911/?
Lyngbya perelegans Lemmermann 1899 Synonym
Lyngbya purpurea Gomont 1892 Synonym
Lyngbya scotti Fritsch 1912 Synonym
Lyngbya scotti var. minor Fritsch 1912 Synonym
Lyngbya semiplena Agardh 1842
Lyngbya shackletoni W. et G.S. West 1911 Synonym
Lyngbya sp.
Lyngbya sp./?
Oscillatoria acuta Br³hl et Siswas 1922 Synonym
Oscillatoria acutissima Kufferath 1914 Synonym
Oscillatoria agardhii Gomont 1892 Synonym
Oscillatoria amoena Gomont 1892
Oscillatoria amphibia Agardh 1827 Synonym
Oscillatoria amphibia var. robusta W. et G.S. West 1911 Synonym
Oscillatoria amphigranulata Van Goor 1918 Synonym
Oscillatoria anguina (Bory) Gomont 1892/?
Oscillatoria angusta Koppe 1923 Synonym
Oscillatoria angustissima W. et G.S. West 1897 Synonym
Oscillatoria animalis Agardh 1827 Synonym
Oscillatoria annae Van Goor 1918
Oscillatoria articulata Gardner 1927 Synonym
Oscillatoria borneti (Zukal) Forti 1907 Synonym
Oscillatoria brevis (Kitzing) Gomont 1892 Synonym
Oscillatoria chlorina Kitzing 1853
Oscillatoria chlorina var. perchlorina Lauterborn 1915
Oscillatoria cortiana Meneghini 1837 Synonym
Oscillatoria curviceps Agardh 1824
Oscillatoria deflexa W. et G.S. West 1911/? Synonym
Oscillatoria formosa Bory 1827/? Synonym
Oscillatoria fracta Carlson
Oscillatoria geminata Meneghini ex Gomont 1892 Synonym
Oscillatoria grunowiana Gomont 1892 Synonym
Oscillatoria homogenea FrÚmy 1930 Synonym
Oscillatoria irrigua Kitzing 1843 Synonym
Oscillatoria koettlizi Fritsch 1912 Synonym
Oscillatoria lemmermannii Wolozynska 1912 Synonym
Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann 1900
Oscillatoria limosa Agardh 1812
Oscillatoria lutea Agardh 1824 Synonym
Oscillatoria nigra Vauch.
Oscillatoria planctonica Woloszynska 1985 Synonym
Oscillatoria priestleyi W. et G.S. West 1911/? Synonym
Oscillatoria proboscidea Gomont 1892
Oscillatoria producta W. et G.S. West 1911 Synonym
Oscillatoria proteus Skuja 1949
Oscillatoria retzii Agardh 1812 Synonym
Oscillatoria sancta West & West
Oscillatoria sancta f. tenuis (Woronikin) Elenkin 1949
Oscillatoria simplicissima Gomont 1892 Synonym
Oscillatoria simplicissima var. antarctica Fritsch 1912 Synonym
Oscillatoria sp.
Oscillatoria splendida Greville 1824 Synonym
Oscillatoria submembranacea Ardissone et Stafforello 1877 Synonym
Oscillatoria subproboscidea W. et G.S. West 1911 Synonym
Oscillatoria tenuis Agardh 1813
Oscillatoria tenuis var. nigra Schkorb. 1923
Oscillatoria terebriformis Agardh ex Gomont 1892 Synonym
Oscillatoria terebriformis f. amphigranulata Elenkin et Kassinskaja 1949 Synonym
Oscillatoria terebriformis f. tenuis W. et G.S. West 1911 Synonym
Plankthotrix agardhii (Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Romeria elegans nivicola Kol.
Tychonema borneti (Zukal) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Family Phormidiaceae
Microcoleus antarcticus Casamatta et Johansen
Microcoleus chthonoplastes Thuret 1875
Microcoleus cryophilus Carlson 1913
Microcoleus paludosus (Kitzing) Gomont 1892
Microcoleus paludosus var. acuminatus Gardner 1927
Microcoleus sociatus W. et G.S. West 1897
Microcoleus sp.
Microcoleus vaginatus (Vaucher) Gomont 1890
Phormidium acutissimum (Kufferath) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium acutum (Br³hl et Biswas) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium aerugineo-caeruleum (Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium aff. subuliforme Gom.
Phormidium allorgei (FrÚmy) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium ambiguum Gomont 1892
Phormidium ambiguum var. maior Lemmermann 1910
Phormidium amphibium (Agardh) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium amphibium var. robustum (W. et G.S. West) nov. comb.
Phormidium angustissimum W. et G.S. West 1897 Synonym
Phormidium animale (Agardh) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium antarcticum W. et G.S. West 1911 Synonym
Phormidium articulatum (Gardner) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium attenuatum (Fritsch) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium autumnale (Ag.) Gom.
Phormidium bohneri (Schmidle)
Phormidium boryanum Kitzing 1843
Phormidium breve (Kitzing ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium cebennese Gomont 1899
Phormidium corium Gomont 1890/?
Phormidium cortianum (Meneghini ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium crouani Gomont 1892
Phormidium curtum Hollerbach 1934-35
Phormidium deflexum (W. et G.S. West) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988/?
Phormidium favosum (Bory) Gomont
Phormidium formosum (Bory) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988/?
Phormidium foveolarum Gomont 1892 Synonym
Phormidium fragile Gomont 1892/? Synonym
Phormidium fragile f. tenuis W. et G.S. West 1911 Synonym
Phormidium frigidum Fritsch 1912 Synonym
Phormidium glaciale W. et G.S. West 1911/? Synonym
Phormidium glaciale f. longiarticulata Wille 1924 Synonym
Phormidium grunowianum (Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium incrustatum (Nõgeli) Gomont in Bornet et Flahault 1892
Phormidium inundatum Kitzing 1849
Phormidium irriguum (Kitzing) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium k³tzingianum (Kirchner) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium koettlitzii (Fritsch) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium laminosum Gomont 1892/? Synonym
Phormidium luridum (Kitzing) Gomont 1892 Synonym
Phormidium luteus (Gomont ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium martensianum (Meneghini ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium mucicola Huber-Pestalozzi et Naumann 1929
Phormidium murrayi (West & West) Anagn. & Kom.
Phormidium nigrum (Vaucher ex Gomont ) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium priestleyi Fritsch
Phormidium productum (W. et G.S. West) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium pseudopriestleyi (W. et G.S. West) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1998/?
Phormidium retzii (Ag.) Gomont
Phormidium shackletoni (W. et G.S. West ) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium simplicissimum (Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium simplicissimum var. antarcticum (Fritsch) nov. comb.
Phormidium sp.
Phormidium sp. 1
Phormidium sp./?
Phormidium splendidum (Greville ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium subcapitatum Boye-Petersen 1932
Phormidium subfuscum Kitzing 1843
Phormidium submembranaceum (Ardissone et Stafforello) Gomont 1892
Phormidium subproboscideum (West & West) Anag. & Kom.
Phormidium tenue (Meneghini) Gomont 1892 Synonym
Phormidium tenuissimum Voron.
Phormidium terebriforme (Agardh ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Phormidium terebriforme f. amphigranulatum (Elenkin et Kassinskaja) nov. comb.
Phormidium terebriforme f. tenue (W.et G.S. West) nov. comb.
Phormidium uncinatum Gomont 1890
Phormidium valderianum (Delpino) Gomont 1892 Synonym
Porphyrosiphon martensianus (Menegh.i ex Gom.) Anag. & Kom.
Porphyrosiphon notarisii Kitzing ex Gomont 1892
Porphyrosiphon sp.
Pseudophormidium sp.
Symploca fuscescens (Kitzing) Rabenhorst 1865
Symploca sp.
Symplocastrum sp.
Family Pseudanabaenaceae
Geitlerinema deflexa (West & West) Anag. & Kom.
Geitlerinema spp.
Heteroleiblenia distincta (Schmidle) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Heteroleiblenia k³tzingii (Schmidle) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Homoeothrix rivularis (Hansgirg) Kann 1978/?
Homoeothrix sp.
Jaaginema angustissima (W. et G.S. West) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Jaaginema geminatum (Meneghini ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Jaaginema homogeneum (FrÚmy) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Jaaginema lemmermannii (Wolozynska) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Jaaginema metaphyticum Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Leptolyngbya angustissima (W et G.S. West) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Leptolyngbya antarctica (West & West) Anagn & Kom.
Leptolyngbya battersii (Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Leptolyngbya batterstii (Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988/?
Leptolyngbya boryana (Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Leptolyngbya erebi (W. et G.S. West) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Leptolyngbya foveolarum (Rab. ex Gom.) Anag. & Kom.
Leptolyngbya fragilis (Menegh.) Anagn. & Kom.
Leptolyngbya fragilis f. tenuis (West et West) nov. comb.
Leptolyngbya frigida (Fritsch) Anagn. & Kom.
Leptolyngbya glacialis (West & West) Anag. & Kom.
Leptolyngbya glacialis f. longiarticulata (Wille) nov. comb.
Leptolyngbya lagerheimii (Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Leptolyngbya laminosa (Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988/?
Leptolyngbya lurida (Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Leptolyngbya nigrescens Komarek
Leptolyngbya nostocorum (Bornet in Bornet et Thuret) Anagnostidis et Komßr
Leptolyngbya notata (Schmidle) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Leptolyngbya perelegans (Lemmermann) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Leptolyngbya purpurea (Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Leptolyngbya scotti (Fritsch) Anagn. & Kom.
Leptolyngbya scotti var. minor (Fritsch) nov. comb.
Leptolyngbya scottii (Fritsch) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Leptolyngbya sp.
Leptolyngbya sp. 1
Leptolyngbya tenuis (Menegh.) Anag. & Kom.
Leptolyngbya valderiana (Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Leptolyngbya woronichiana Anagnostidis et Komßrek 1988
Limnothrix amphigranulata (Van Goor) Meffert 1987
Limnothrix planctonica (Woloszynska) Meffert 1988
Planktolyngbya subtilis (W. West) Anagn. & Kom.
Planktolyngbya subtilis var. granulifera (Tschernov) nov. comb.
Pseudanabaena catenata Lauteb.
Pseudanabaena sp.
Pseudoanabaena catenata Lauterborn 1914-1917
Pseudoanabaena constricta (Szafer) Lauterborn 1914-17 Synonym
Pseudoanabaena mucicola (Naumann et Huber in Huber-Pestalozzi et Naumann) Synonym
Pseudoanabaena papillaterminata (Kisselev) Kukk 1959
Pseudoanabaena schmidlei Jaag 1938 Synonym
Spirulina jenneri (Stizenberg) Geitler 1925
Spirulina sp.
Family Schizotrichaceae
Schizothrix antarctica Fritsch 1917/?
Schizothrix calcicola (Agardh) Gomont 1892
Schizothrix coriacea (Kitzing) Gomont 1892
Schizothrix fragilis (Kitzing) Gomont 1892
Schizothrix lacustris A. Braun in Kitzing 1849
Schizothrix lenormandiana Gomont 1892
Schizothrix lenormandiana f. maior Starmach 1995
Schizothrix m³lleri Nõgeli in Kitzing 1849
Schizothrix muelleri N¿geli ex Gomont
Schizothrix rubella Gomont 1892
Schizothrix sp.
Trichocoleus sp.