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Lyngbya majuscula Harvey ex Gomont, 1892

660754  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:660754)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh
Gomont, M. (1892 (1893)). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique.</em> 7(16): 91-264. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution Marine, on rocks or sand in the upper supra- and lower littoral and coastal zones, in mangroves, shallow bays, sometimes on...  
Distribution Marine, on rocks or sand in the upper supra- and lower littoral and coastal zones, in mangroves, shallow bays, sometimes on macroalgae, rarely floating, distributed worldwide, pantropical species, possibly cosmopolitan, but surely not in cold seas; sometimes grows in massive mats (registered mainly in northern and eastern Australia, Indonesia, and SE Africa - Zanzibar); records from tropical and subtropical freshwaters, and moist soils among mosses near thermal springs, represent evidently other special species; (compare L. latissima, L. magnifica and others). [details]

Harmful effect This species is known to produce the dermatotoxin lyngbyatoxin and to be the cause of "Swimmer's itch" when in direct...  
Harmful effect This species is known to produce the dermatotoxin lyngbyatoxin and to be the cause of "Swimmer's itch" when in direct contact with human skin.  [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Lyngbya majuscula Harvey ex Gomont, 1892. Accessed through: Lundholm, N.; Churro, C.; Escalera, L.; Fraga, S.; Hoppenrath, M.; Iwataki, M.; Larsen, J.; Mertens, K.; Moestrup, Ø.; Murray, S.; Tillmann, U.; Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards) IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hab/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=660754 on 2024-05-02
Lundholm, N.; Churro, C.; Escalera, L.; Fraga, S.; Hoppenrath, M.; Iwataki, M.; Larsen, J.; Mertens, K.; Moestrup, Ø.; Murray, S.; Tillmann, U.; Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards). IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae. Lyngbya majuscula Harvey ex Gomont, 1892. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hab/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=660754 on 2024-05-02
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2012-09-05 09:21:21Z
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2015-03-31 11:11:42Z
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original description Gomont, M. (1892 (1893)). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique.</em> 7(16): 91-264. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (HKRMS) Hodgkiss, I. J. (1984). Seasonal patterns of intertidal algal distribution in Hong Kong. <em>Asian Marine Biology 1.The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.</em> 49-57. [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Collins, F. S.; Hervey, A. B. (1917). The algae of Bermuda. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 53(1): 1-195 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2023). 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]   

basis of record 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  PDF available 

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]   

additional source León-Tejera, H., M. Gold-Morgan, and G. Montejano. 2009. Benthic Cyanoprokaryota (Cyanobacteria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 47–56 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Stati [details]   

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  PDF available 

additional source 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]   
 
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Description Thallus widely expanded, up to several (5-7) cm in length, dark blue-green or black-green, brown to yellowish brown. Filaments very long, often strongly curved or wavy, rarely slightly coiled. Sheaths colourless, when young thin, un-lamellated, later very wide, lamellated, outside rough, up to 15 μm thick. Tri-homes cylindrical, blue-green, blackish, dull-green, brownish green or grey violet to reddish violet, 15-20-40-60 (80?) μm wide, not constricted at the ungranulated cross-walls, not attenuated at the ends. Cells very short, discoid, 1/6-1/15x as long as wide, 2-4 (8) μm long; apical cells rounded, without calyptra.  [details]

Distribution Marine, on rocks or sand in the upper supra- and lower littoral and coastal zones, in mangroves, shallow bays, sometimes on macroalgae, rarely floating, distributed worldwide, pantropical species, possibly cosmopolitan, but surely not in cold seas; sometimes grows in massive mats (registered mainly in northern and eastern Australia, Indonesia, and SE Africa - Zanzibar); records from tropical and subtropical freshwaters, and moist soils among mosses near thermal springs, represent evidently other special species; (compare L. latissima, L. magnifica and others). [details]

Harmful effect This species is known to produce the dermatotoxin lyngbyatoxin and to be the cause of "Swimmer's itch" when in direct contact with human skin.  [details]
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