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Scytonemataceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet & Flahault

101170  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:101170)

  1. Biota
  2. Bacteria (Kingdom)
  3. Cyanobacteria (Phylum)
  4. Cyanophyceae (Class)
  5. Nostocales (Order)
  6. Scytonemataceae (Family)
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  1. Genus Arthrosiphon Kützing ex Frank, 1886
  2. Genus Brasilonema M.F. Fiore, C.L. Sant'Anna, M.T. de P. Azevedo, J. Komárek, J. Kaštovský, J. Sulek & A.S. Lorenzi, 2007
    1. Species Brasilonema bromeliae Fiore, Sant-Anna, de Paiva Azevedo, Komarek, Kastovsky, Sulek & Lorenzi, 2007
    2. Species Brasilonema octagenarum Anguiar et al.
  3. Genus Chakia J. Komárková, E. Zapomělová & J. Komárek, 2013
  4. Genus Circumvaginalis V.N. Sergeev, 1993 †
  5. Genus Decastronema Golubic, Radoičić & Lee, 2006 †
  6. Genus Diplocolon Nägeli ex Bornet & Flahault, 1887
    1. Species Diplocolon codii Batters, 1906
    2. Species Diplocolon heppii Nägeli
  7. Genus Drilosiphon Kützing, 1843
    1. Species Drilosiphon muscicola Kützing, 1843
    2. Species Drilosiphon julianus Kützing, 1847 accepted as Scytonema julianum Meneghini, 1841
  8. Genus Eoplectonema X.X. Liu in Liu et al., 1984 †
    1. Species Eoplectonema minimum X.X. Liu †
  9. Genus Gloeochlamys Schmidle, 1899
    1. Species Gloeochlamys simmeri Schmidle, 1899
  10. Genus Kyrtuthrix Ercegović, 1929
    1. Species Kyrtuthrix maculans (Gomont) Umezaki
    2. Species Kyrtuthrix sinensis Chu & Wu
    3. Species Kyrtuthrix dalmatica Ercegovic, 1929 accepted as Brachytrichia dalmatica (Ercegovic) Frémy, 1934
  11. Genus Palaeoscytonema A.-S. Edhorn, 1973 †
  12. Genus Paraortonella O. Dragastan in D.F. Toomey & M.H. Nitecki, 1985 †
    1. Species Paraortonella getica O. Dragastan †
    2. Species Paraortonella richteri O. Dragastan †
  13. Genus Petalonema Berkeley ex Correns, 1889
    1. Species Petalonema alatum Berkeley ex Kirchner, 1883
    2. Species Petalonema crassum Nägeli ex Migula
    3. Species Petalonema crustaceum C. Agardh ex Kirchn.
    4. Species Petalonema densum (A. Braun) Migula, 1907
    5. Species Petalonema fluminalis Zhao
    6. Species Petalonema involvens (A. Braun) Migula, 1905
    7. Species Petalonema pulchrum (Frémy) Geitler, 1932
    8. Species Petalonema velutinum (Rabenhorst) Migula
  14. Genus Pseudodendron N.J. Butterfield in Butterfield et al., 1994 †
  15. Genus Ramivaginalis A.V. Nyberg & J.W. Schopf, 1984 †
  16. Genus Scytonema C.A. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    1. Species Scytonema alatum Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    2. Species Scytonema amplum W. West & G.S. West, 1895
    3. Species Scytonema andradeana P. González, 1950
    4. Species Scytonema arcangelii Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    5. Species Scytonema austinii Wood, 1874
    6. Species Scytonema azureum Tilden, 1909
    7. Species Scytonema badium Wolle, 1877
    8. Species Scytonema bewsii F.E. Fritsch
    9. Species Scytonema bivaginatum Welsh
    10. Species Scytonema bohneri Schmidle, 1901
    11. Species Scytonema bohnerii Schmidle
    12. Species Scytonema bruneum Schmidle
    13. Species Scytonema brunneum Schmidle, 1902
    14. Species Scytonema burmanicum Skuja, 1948
    15. Species Scytonema calcicola Kufferath, 1915
    16. Species Scytonema caldarium Setchell, 1829
    17. Species Scytonema calothrichoides Kützing
    18. Species Scytonema capitatum N.L. Gardner, 1927
    19. Species Scytonema catenatum N.L. Gardner, 1927
    20. Species Scytonema chengii Wang, 1934
    21. Species Scytonema chiastum Geitler, 1925
    22. Species Scytonema cineraceum C.L. Zhou & H.X. Xiao
    23. Species Scytonema coactile Montagne, 1849
    24. Species Scytonema coactile Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    25. Species Scytonema conchophilum Humphrey, 1901
    26. Species Scytonema consociatum C.-C. Jao, 1944
    27. Species Scytonema cookei W. West & G.S. West, 1892
    28. Species Scytonema crassum Nägeli, 1849
    29. Species Scytonema crispum (C. Agardh) Bornet, 1889
    30. Species Scytonema crustaceum C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    31. Species Scytonema cuatrecasasii P. González, 1930
    32. Species Scytonema dilatatum Bharadwaja, 1934
    33. Species Scytonema drilosiphon Elenkin & V. Polyanski, 1922
    34. Species Scytonema dubium De Wildeman, 1897
    35. Species Scytonema endolithicum Ercegovic, 1932
    36. Species Scytonema evanescens Gardner, 1927
    37. Species Scytonema flavoviride Bornet & Flahault
    38. Species Scytonema flexuosum Meneghini
    39. Species Scytonema foliicola DeWildeman
    40. Species Scytonema foliicolum De Wildeman, 1897
    41. Species Scytonema fremyi Desikachary, 1959
    42. Species Scytonema fritschii S.L. Ghose, 1923
    43. Species Scytonema geitleri Bharadwaja, 1934
    44. Species Scytonema gomontii Gutwinski, 1901
    45. Species Scytonema granulatum G. Martens, 1871
    46. Species Scytonema guyanense Bornet & Flahault, 1888
    47. Species Scytonema hamelinii Gebelein, 1974
    48. Species Scytonema hansgirgi Schmidle, 1900
    49. Species Scytonema hieronymi Schmidle, 1897
    50. Species Scytonema hofman-bangii C. Agardh, 1812
    51. Species Scytonema hofmannii Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    52. Species Scytonema holstii Hieronimus, 1895
    53. Species Scytonema hyalinum Gardner, 1927
    54. Species Scytonema incrassatum C.-C. Jao, 1944
    55. Species Scytonema incrustans Kützing
    56. Species Scytonema induratum Copeland
    57. Species Scytonema insigne W. West & G.S. West, 1897
    58. Species Scytonema insulare C.L. Sant'Anna
    59. Species Scytonema intermedium De Wildeman, 1897
    60. Species Scytonema intertextum (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1865
    61. Species Scytonema involvens
    62. Species Scytonema iyengari Bharadwaja, 1934
    63. Species Scytonema javanicum Bornet, 1880
    64. Species Scytonema julianum Meneghini, 1841
    65. Species Scytonema junipericola Farlow
    66. Species Scytonema kwangsiense C.-C. Jao
    67. Species Scytonema leptobasis Ghose, 1931
    68. Species Scytonema longiarticulatum Gardner, 1927
    69. Species Scytonema lyngbyoides Gardner, 1927
    70. Species Scytonema magnum Gardner, 1927
    71. Species Scytonema malaviyaensis Bharadwaja, 1930
    72. Species Scytonema malaviyanense Bharadwaya
    73. Species Scytonema masonianum Welsh
    74. Species Scytonema millei Bornet, 1880
    75. Species Scytonema minus (Schmidle) Lemmermann
    76. Species Scytonema mirabile Bornet, 1889
    77. Species Scytonema multiramosum Gardner, 1927
    78. Species Scytonema myochrous (Dillwyn) C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1887
    79. Species Scytonema obscurum Hansgirg, 1892
    80. Species Scytonema occidentale Setchell
    81. Species Scytonema ocellatum Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    82. Species Scytonema olivaceum Zeller, 1873
    83. Species Scytonema orientale C.-C. Jao, 1944
    84. Species Scytonema papuasicum Borzì, 1892
    85. Species Scytonema parlatorii Fiorini-Mazzanti ex Bornet & Flahault, 1887
    86. Species Scytonema parvulum Zeller, 1873
    87. Species Scytonema pascheri Bharadwaja, 1934
    88. Species Scytonema pascherii Bharadwaya
    89. Species Scytonema pellucidum C. Cramer
    90. Species Scytonema polycystum Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    91. Species Scytonema pratii Komárek
    92. Species Scytonema pseudoguyanense Bharadwaja, 1934
    93. Species Scytonema pseudohofmanni Bharadwaja, 1934
    94. Species Scytonema pseudohofmannii Bharadwaya
    95. Species Scytonema pseudopunctatum Skuja, 1949
    96. Species Scytonema pseudopunctaum Skuja
    97. Species Scytonema pulchellum N.L. Gardner
    98. Species Scytonema pulvinatum Nordstedt
    99. Species Scytonema punctatum Gardner, 1927
    100. Species Scytonema racovitzae DeWildeman
    101. Species Scytonema rhizophorae Zeller, 1873
    102. Species Scytonema rivulare Borzì, 1879
    103. Species Scytonema saleyeriense Weber-van Bosse, 1913
    104. Species Scytonema saleyriense Weber-van Bosse
    105. Species Scytonema samoense Wille, 1913
    106. Species Scytonema sanpaulense C.L. Sant'Anna
    107. Species Scytonema schmidlei J.B. De Toni, 1936
    108. Species Scytonema schmidtii Gomont, 1901
    109. Species Scytonema seagriefianum Welsh, 1965
    110. Species Scytonema siculum Borzì, 1879
    111. Species Scytonema siculum Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    112. Species Scytonema simmeri Schmidle, 1899
    113. Species Scytonema simplex Bharadwaja, 1934
    114. Species Scytonema sinense C.-C. Jao, 1939
    115. Species Scytonema spirulinoides Gardner, 1927
    116. Species Scytonema splendens F.E. Fritsch
    117. Species Scytonema stuposum (Kützing) Bornet, 1880
    118. Species Scytonema stygium Heufler
    119. Species Scytonema subclavatum Zeller, 1873
    120. Species Scytonema subcoactile C.-C. Jao, 1940
    121. Species Scytonema subgelatinosum Gardner, 1927
    122. Species Scytonema subtile K. Möbius
    123. Species Scytonema tenellum Gardner, 1927
    124. Species Scytonema tenue Gardner, 1927
    125. Species Scytonema tenuissimum Schmidle, 1897
    126. Species Scytonema tolypothrichoides Kützing, 1849
    127. Species Scytonema tolypotrichoides
    128. Species Scytonema torulosum Jao
    129. Species Scytonema turicense
    130. Species Scytonema twymanianum Welsh
    131. Species Scytonema variabile Gardner, 1927
    132. Species Scytonema varium Kützing, 1849
    133. Species Scytonema velutinum (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1865
    134. Species Scytonema violascens Zeller, 1873
    135. Species Scytonema wolleanum Forti, 1907
    136. Species Scytonema zellerianum Brühl & Biswas, 1923
    137. Species Scytonema ambiguum Kützing, 1849 accepted as Scytonema mirabile Bornet, 1889
    138. Species Scytonema ambiguum Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886 accepted as Fischerella ambigua (Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault) Gomont, 1895
    139. Species Scytonema arenarium Berkeley, 1839 accepted as Schizothrix arenaria Gomont, 1892
    140. Species Scytonema byssoideum C. Agardh, 1812 accepted as Tolypothrix byssoidea (C. Agardh) Kirchner, 1898
    141. Species Scytonema cincinnatum (Kützing) Thuret, 1875 accepted as Scytonema crispum (C. Agardh) Bornet, 1889
    142. Species Scytonema cinereum Meneghini, 1837 accepted as Scytonema ocellatum Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    143. Species Scytonema compactum C. Agardh, 1812 accepted as Calothrix compacta Margalef, 1953
    144. Species Scytonema crustaceum C. Agardh, 1824 accepted as Scytonema crustaceum C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    145. Species Scytonema curvatum (Meneghini) Borzì, 1879 accepted as Lyngbya curvata (Meneghini) Rabenhorst ex Gomont, 1892
    146. Species Scytonema densum (A. Braun) Bornet & Flahault, 1880 accepted as Petalonema densum (A. Braun) Migula, 1907
    147. Species Scytonema figuratum C. Agardh, 1824 accepted as Scytonema mirabile Bornet, 1889
    148. Species Scytonema friesii (C. Agardh) Montagne & Fries, 1836 accepted as Symplocastrum friesii (Gomont ex Gomont) Kirchner, 1898
    149. Species Scytonema fuliginosum Tilden, 1909 accepted as Tildenia fuliginosa (Tilden) Kossinskaja, 1926
    150. Species Scytonema gaudichaudianum Montagne, 1849 accepted as Lyngbya mauretanica Montagne ex Gomont, 1892
    151. Species Scytonema hofmanii C. Agardh, 1817 accepted as Scytonema hofman-bangii C. Agardh, 1812
    152. Species Scytonema hormoides Kützing accepted as Stigonema hormoides (Kützing) Bornet & Flahault, 1887
    153. Species Scytonema interruptum (Carmich. ex Hook.) Cooke, 1882 accepted as Dictyonema interruptum (Carmich. ex Hook.) Parmasto, 1979
    154. Species Scytonema intricatum Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828 accepted as Stictosiphonia intricata (Bory de Saint-Vincent) P.C. Silva, 1996
    155. Species Scytonema kaernbachii Hennings, 1892 accepted as Porphyrosiphon kaernbachii (Hennings) De Toni, 1892
    156. Species Scytonema minutum C. Agardh, 1815 accepted as Stigonema minutum (C. Agardh) Hassall ex Bornet & Flahault, 1887
    157. Species Scytonema mirabile Wolle, 1878 accepted as Scytonema wolleanum Forti, 1907
    158. Species Scytonema murale Zeller, 1873 accepted as Scytonema ocellatum Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    159. Species Scytonema myochrous (Dillwyn) C. Agardh, 1812 accepted as Scytonema myochrous (Dillwyn) C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1887
    160. Species Scytonema natans Cooke accepted as Scytonema cookei W. West & G.S. West, 1892
    161. Species Scytonema notarisii Meneghini, 1849 accepted as Porphyrosiphon notarisii Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
    162. Species Scytonema obscurum (Kützing) Borzì, 1879 accepted as Lyngbya obscura Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
    163. Species Scytonema obscurum (Kützing) Borzì ex Forti, 1907 accepted as Lyngbya obscura Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
    164. Species Scytonema ocellatum (Dillwyn) Lyngbye, 1819 accepted as Scytonema ocellatum Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    165. Species Scytonema palmarum Martens, 1870 accepted as Lyngbya palmarum Martens ex Brühl & Biswas, 1923
    166. Species Scytonema panniforme C. Agardh, 1817 accepted as Stigonema panniforme (C. Agardh) Bornet & Flahault, 1887
    167. Species Scytonema parlatorii Fiorini-Mazzanti, 1863 accepted as Scytonema parlatorii Fiorini-Mazzanti ex Bornet & Flahault, 1887
    168. Species Scytonema penicillatum C. Agardh, 1817 accepted as Tolypothrix penicillata (C. Agardh) Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    169. Species Scytonema perrottetii Montagne, 1856 accepted as Lyngbya perrottetii (Montagne) Bornet & Thuret ex Gomont, 1892
    170. Species Scytonema pulchrum Frémy, 1924 accepted as Petalonema pulchrum (Frémy) Geitler, 1932
    171. Species Scytonema telephoroides Montagne ex Kützing, 1849 accepted as Schizothrix telephoroides (Montagne) Gomont, 1890
    172. Species Scytonema tenuissimum Frémy, 1942 accepted as Scytonema fremyi Desikachary, 1959
    173. Species Scytonema velutinum (Acharius) Wallr., 1831 accepted as Thermutis velutina (Ach.) Flot., 1850
    174. Species Scytonema zostericola (Hornemann) Lyngbye ex Fries, 1835 accepted as Calothrix confervicola C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
  17. Genus Scytonematopsis E.I. Kiseleva, 1930
    1. Species Scytonematopsis ambigua Emoto & Hirose
    2. Species Scytonematopsis calotrichoides Geitler
    3. Species Scytonematopsis contorta Vaccarino & Johansen
    4. Species Scytonematopsis crustacea (Thuret ex Bornet & Thuret) Koválik & Komárek
    5. Species Scytonematopsis fuliginosa (Tilden) Copeland
    6. Species Scytonematopsis ghazipurensis Pandey & Mitra
    7. Species Scytonematopsis hydnoides Copeland
    8. Species Scytonematopsis incerta Geitler
    9. Species Scytonematopsis kashyapi (Bharadwaja) Geitler, 1935
    10. Species Scytonematopsis kashyapii (Bharadwaya) Geitler
    11. Species Scytonematopsis maxima Novis & Visnovsky
    12. Species Scytonematopsis neocaledoniense Couté, Tell & Thérézien
    13. Species Scytonematopsis neocaledoniensis A. Couté, G. Tell & Y. Thérézien
    14. Species Scytonematopsis pilosa (Harvey ex Bornet & Flahault) I. Umezaki & M. Watanabe
    15. Species Scytonematopsis starmachii Ková ik & Komárek
    16. Species Scytonematopsis variabilis Yoneda
    17. Species Scytonematopsis woronichinii Kiseleva, 1930
  18. Genus Setchelliella G. De Toni, 1936
  19. Genus Spirirestris Flechtner & Johansen in Flechtner et al., 2002
  20. Genus Symphyosiphon Kützing, 1843
    1. Species Symphyosiphon arenarius Zanardini, 1872
    2. Species Symphyosiphon involvens A. Braun, 1856
    3. Species Symphyosiphon castellii Massalongo, 1885 accepted as Calothrix castellii (Massalongo) Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    4. Species Symphyosiphon chalybeus Kützing, 1863 accepted as Schizothrix chalybea (Kützing) Gomont, 1892
    5. Species Symphyosiphon guyanensis Montagne, 1859 accepted as Scytonema guyanense Bornet & Flahault, 1888
  21. Genus Croatella Ercegovic, 1925 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    1. Species Croatella lithophila Ercegovic, 1925
  22. Genus Drilosiphon Kützing ex Frank, 1886 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  23. Genus Arthrosiphon Kützing, 1845 accepted as Arthrosiphon Kützing ex Frank, 1886
    1. Species Arthrosiphon alatus (Greville) Rabenhorst
    2. Species Arthrosiphon grevillei Kützing ex Frank
    3. Species Arthrosiphon grevillei Kützing
    4. Species Arthrosiphon densus A. Braun, 1849 accepted as Petalonema densum (A. Braun) Migula, 1907
  24. Genus Chrysostigma Kirchner, 1843 accepted as Scytonema C.A. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886 (pre-starting point name)
  25. Genus Dictyophycus K.B. Korde, 1954 †
    1. Species Dictyophycus gracilis R. Ruedemann †
    2. Species Dictyophycus pseudotubulatus K.B. Korde †
  26. Genus Dillwynella Bory de St.-Vincent ex Kuntze, 1891 accepted as Calothrix C.A. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
    1. Species Dillwynella mirabilis (Dillwyn) Kuntze, 1891 accepted as Plectonema mirabile (Dillwyn) Thuret ex Gomont, 1892
  27. Genus Filarszkia Forti in De Toni, 1907 accepted as Scytonema C.A. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
  28. Genus Inconia Libert, 1826 accepted as Scytonema C.A. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
  29. Genus Tildenia Kossinskaja, 1926 accepted as Scytonematopsis E.I. Kiseleva, 1930 (junior homonym)
    1. Species Tildenia dura (Harvey ex Bornet & Flahault) Poljanskij
    2. Species Tildenia fuliginosa (Tilden) Kossinskaja, 1926
    3. Species Tildenia pilosa (Harvey) Poljansky, 1928 accepted as Calothrix pilosa Harvey, 1858
  30. Genus Coleodesmiumopsis A.K. Dutt, T.K. Datta & K.K. Gupta, 1983 (uncertain, unassessed)
  31. Genus Encrusta B. Daley, 1975 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  32. Genus Epivalvia B. Daley, 1975 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  33. Genus Hormobolus A. Borzì, 1914 (uncertain, unassessed)
  34. Genus Thaumatophycus K.B. Korde, 1950 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  35. Genus Palaeoscytonema P.K. Maithy & M. Shukla, 1977 † accepted as Neoscytonema P.K. Maithy, 1980 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Palaeoscytonema A.-S. Edhorn, 1973 (same family))
    1. Species Palaeoscytonema indicum J. Mandal & P.K. Maithy †
    2. Species Palaeoscytonema intermingla J. Mandal & P.K. Maithy †
    3. Species Palaeoscytonema misrae J. Mandal & P.K. Maithy †
    4. Species Palaeoscytonema srivastavae P.K. Maithy & M. Shukla †
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Scytonemataceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet & Flahault. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101170 on 2025-04-30
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basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

additional source Komárek, J.; Kaštovský, J.; Mareš, J.; Johansen, J. R. (2014). Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. <em>Preslia.</em> 86: 295-335. [details] 

taxonomy source Komárek, J.; Kaštovský, J.; Mareš, J.; Johansen, J. R. (2014). Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. <em>Preslia.</em> 86: 295-335. [details] 

current name source Komárek, J.; Kaštovský, J.; Mareš, J.; Johansen, J. R. (2014). Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. <em>Preslia.</em> 86: 295-335. [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source Bourelly, 1985 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): B; stratigraphic range: Devonian (Pragian)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]
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