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IOC entry for Microcystis marina

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Microcystis marina (Hansgirg) P. Silva, comb. nov.

Aphanocapsa marina Hansgirg in Foslie, 1890: 169–170 (type locality: Sydvaranger, Finnmark, Norway).—Frémy, 1941: 21, 22.

Anacystis marina (Hansgirg) Drouet & Daily, 1948: 77.—Newton, 1955b: 143.— Basson, 1992: 222.

Microcystis marina (Hansgirg) P. Silva.

INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Bahrain, Djibouti.

Note: Among numerous taxonomic synonyms cited by Drouet & Daily (1956) is Aphanocapsa salina Woronichin, which is listed separately as Microcystis salina (Woronichin) Elenkin (q.v.).

Addendum: Microcystis marina (Hansgirg) P. Silva was validated in Silva, Basson, & Moe (University of California Publications in Botany 79: 30. 1996).

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