Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann, 1900: 310 (type locality: Berlin, Germany).—Frémy, 1941: 20, 27.— Al-Hasan & W. Jones, 1989: 306.— Thajuddin & G. Subramanian, 1992a: table III.
Pseudanabaena limnetica (Lemmermann) Komárek, 1974: 162.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Djibouti, India, Kuwait.
Note: Drouet (1968: 57), on the basis of the original description, assigned this species to Schizothrix calcicola (C. Agardh) Gomont.