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Spirulina  Turpin ex Gomont
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1053

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Bacteria  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomBacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002 – bactéries, bacteria, bacterias, bactérias  
    SubkingdomNegibacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002  
       PhylumCyanobacteriota Oren, Mares & Rippka  
          ClassCyanophyceae Schaffner – cyanophytes, blue-green algae  
             OrderSpirulinales Komárek, Kastovský, Mares & J.R. Johansen  
                FamilySpirulinaceae (Gomont) Hoffmann et al.  
                   GenusSpirulina Turpin ex Gomont  
    Direct Children:  
                      Species Spirulina abbreviata Lemmermann  
                      Species Spirulina adriatica Hansgirg  
                      Species Spirulina aeruginea H.F. Buell  
                      Species Spirulina agilis Kufferath  
                      Species Spirulina albida Kolkwitz  
                      Species Spirulina allansonii H. Welsh  
                      Species Spirulina anjalensis D.A. Kumawat & A.K. Jawale  
                      Species Spirulina attenuata Umezaki  
                      Species Spirulina baltica B. Martens & Pankow  
                      Species Spirulina bayannurensis L. Bosheng, Q. Chen & T. Chao-Tsi  
                      Species Spirulina breviarticulata (Setchell & N.L. Gardner) Geitler  
                      Species Spirulina cabrerae P. González  
                      Species Spirulina caldaria Tilden  
                      Species Spirulina cavanillesiana P. González  
                      Species Spirulina conica Bharadwaja  
                      Species Spirulina corakiana Playfair  
                      Species Spirulina desikacharii S. Jha & Kargupta  
                      Species Spirulina duplex Wolle  
                      Species Spirulina flavovirens Wislouch  
                      Species Spirulina gessneri J. Schiller  
                      Species Spirulina gomontii Gutwinski  
                      Species Spirulina gordiana P. González  
                      Species Spirulina gracilis Gruia  
                      Species Spirulina innatans H. Welsh  
                      Species Spirulina labyrinthiformis Gomont  
                      Species Spirulina laxa G.M. Smith  
                      Species Spirulina legitima J. Schiller  
                      Species Spirulina magnifica (J.J. Copeland) Anagnostidis  
                      Species Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont  
                      Species Spirulina mariae Margalef  
                      Species Spirulina meneghiniana Zanardini ex Gomont  
                      Species Spirulina minima Würtz  
                      Species Spirulina mukdensis Noda  
                      Species Spirulina nodosa J. Schiller  
                      Species Spirulina nordstedtii Gomont  
                      Species Spirulina noveloi Beraldi, Cevallos & Chacón-Baca  
                      Species Spirulina princeps West & G.S. West  
                      Species Spirulina regis Hoffmann  
                      Species Spirulina robusta H. Welsh  
                      Species Spirulina rosea P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Gomont  
                      Species Spirulina schroederi Koppe  
                      Species Spirulina sigmoidea J. Schiller  
                      Species Spirulina socialis N.L. Gardner  
                      Species Spirulina spirulinoides (S.L. Ghose) Geitler  
                      Species Spirulina stagnicola Drouet  
                      Species Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont  
                      Species Spirulina subtilissima Kützing ex Gomont  
                      Species Spirulina tenerrima Kützing ex Gomont  
                      Species Spirulina tenuior (Lagerheim) O. Kirchner  
                      Species Spirulina thermalis Meneghini ex Kützing  
                      Species Spirulina turfosa Cramer  
                      Species Spirulina versicolor Cohn ex Gomont  
                      Species Spirulina weissii Drouet  
       

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  Source: Cyanobacteria of the World (2024), database (version 2024)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Update prepared for ITIS by Dail Laughinghouse, Forrest Leffler, and David Berthold (University of Florida); derived from CyanoSeq with additional reference to CyanoDB, Algaebase, and literature   
  Reference for: Spirulina   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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