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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	70 014901 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Limnospira spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 70 - Cyanobacteria and Prochlorophyta Blue-green algae and prochlorophytes Family: 70 14 Microcoleaceae (blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) ) - show full list Standard Name (AS5301): SPIRULINA Common Name: spirulina Organism Type: a blue-green alga (cyanobacteria) Synonyms: Arthrospira platensis (mis-identification) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Parent Codes: 70 014000     Microcoleaceae

Taxon Notes:

This genus includes the commercially grown species (Limnospira fusiformis & L. maxima) previously placed in Arthrospira (and confused with Arthrospira platensis), which are cultivated worldwide to produce "Spirulina". These were all originally placed in the genus Spirulina, but are now recognised as distinct from (and not closely related to) all Spirulina s.s. species. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:162385 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2020-05-26 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Scientific Name verified against:

Nowicka-Krawczyk, P., Mühlsteinová, R., Hauer, T., 2019. Detailed characterization of the Arthrospira type species separating commercially grown taxa into the new genus Limnospira (Cyanobacteria)>, Scientific Reports, Vol. 9:694: 1-11. . doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36831-0 doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36831-0