original description
(of Oscillatoria formosa Bory ex Gomont, 1892) Gomont, M. (1892 (1893)). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique.</em> 7(16): 91-264. [details]
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
basis of record
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). 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 [request]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Broady, P.A. (1979). The terrestrial algae of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. <em>British Antarctic Survey Report.</em> 98:134 pp.
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Harmful effect Produces the anatoxin-a homologue homoanatoxin-a, which differs in having a propionyl group instead of an acetyl group (i.p. 250 microgram per kg) (material from Norway: Skulberg et al. 1992). Microcystins detected in Australian material (Steffensen et al. 2001) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:59474 [details]From regional or thematic species database
Basionym Oscillatoria formosa (Bory ex Gomont)
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Environment
Subaerial on base-rich mineral soils, Signy Island (Broady, 1979)
Freshwater, Victoria Land (West and West, 1911) [details]