Oscillatoria jenensis G. Schmid, 1921: 572–575, figs. 1, 2 (type locality: Jena, Germany, in a hothouse).—S. Silva, 1991: 146, 149, figs. 2.14, 2.15, tables 1, 2.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Mozambique.
Note: Drouet (1968: 287), on the basis of the original description, assigned this species to Microcoleus lyngbyaceus (Kützing) P. Crouan & H. Crouan.