Traits taxon details
Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont, 1892
146541 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146541)
accepted
Genus
- Species Spirulina abbreviata Lemmermann, 1895
- Species Spirulina adriatica Hansgirg, 1890
- Species Spirulina agilis Kufferath, 1914
- Species Spirulina albida Kolkwitz, 1909
- Species Spirulina allansonii Welsh, 1961
- Species Spirulina anjalensis D.A.Kumawat & A.K.Jawale, 2001
- Species Spirulina baltica B.Martens & Pankow, 1972
- Species Spirulina bayannurensis L.Bosheng, Q.Chen & T.Chao-Tsi, 2001
- Species Spirulina breviarticulata (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Geitler, 1932
- Species Spirulina cabrerae González Guerrero, 1945
- Species Spirulina caldaria Tilden, 1898
- Species Spirulina cavanillesiana González Guerrero, 1946
- Species Spirulina conica Bharadwaja, 1963
- Species Spirulina corakiana Playfair, 1914
- Species Spirulina duplex Wolle, 1887
- Species Spirulina erdosensis X.Y.Tian, C.Qiao, L.Y.Gao, F.F.Guo & B.W.Zhang, 2002
- Species Spirulina flavovirens Wislouch, 1911
- Species Spirulina gessneri Schiller, 1956
- Species Spirulina gomontii Guwinski, 1902
- Species Spirulina gordiana González Guerrero, 1946
- Species Spirulina gracilis Gruia, 1961
- Species Spirulina innatans H.Welsh, 1961
- Species Spirulina labyrinthiformis Gomont, 1892
- Species Spirulina laxa G.M.Smith, 1916
- Species Spirulina legitima Schiller, 1956
- Species Spirulina magnifica (J.J.Copeland) Anagnostidis, 2001
- Species Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
- Species Spirulina mariae Margalef, 1953
- Species Spirulina meneghiniana Zanardini ex Gomont, 1892
- Species Spirulina nodosa Schiller, 1956
- Species Spirulina nordstedtii Gomont, 1892
- Species Spirulina princeps West & G.S.West, 1902
- Species Spirulina pseudotenuissima P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1867
- Species Spirulina pseudovacuolata Utermöhl, 1924
- Species Spirulina regis L.Hoffmann, 1991
- Species Spirulina robusta H.Welsh, 1965
- Species Spirulina rosea P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan ex Gomont, 1892
- Species Spirulina schroederi Koppe, 1924
- Species Spirulina sigmoidea Schiller, 1956
- Species Spirulina socialis N.L.Gardner, 1932
- Species Spirulina spirulinoides (Ghose) Geitler, 1925
- Species Spirulina stagnicola Drouet, 1937
- Species Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont, 1892
- Species Spirulina subtilissima Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
- Species Spirulina tenerrima Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
- Species Spirulina thermalis Meneghini ex Kützing, 1847
- Species Spirulina turfosa Cramer, 1863
- Species Spirulina undulans K.N.Deckenbach, 1901
- Species Spirulina versicolor Cohn ex Gomont, 1892
- Species Spirulina weissii Drouet, 1942
- Species Spirulina maxima (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Geitler, 1932 accepted as Limnospira maxima (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Nowicka-Krawczyk, Mühlsteinová & Hauer, 2019
- Species Spirulina tenuissima Kützing ex De Toni, 1892 accepted as Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont, 1892
- Species Spirulina mediterranea K.N.Deckenbach, 1901 (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gomont, M. (1892 (1893)). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique.</em> 7(16): 91-264. [details] 
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2021). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont, 1892. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146541 on 2025-04-19
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Spirulina Turpin ex Gomont, 1892. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146541 on 2025-04-19
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Gomont, M. (1892 (1893)). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique.</em> 7(16): 91-264. [details]
basis of record Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
additional source Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
basis of record Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
additional source Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
