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Oscillatoriaceae (S. F. Gray) Harvey ex Kirchner

101168  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:101168)

  1. Biota
  2. Bacteria (Kingdom)
  3. Cyanobacteriota (Phylum)
  4. Cyanophyceae (Class)
  5. Oscillatoriales (Order)
  6. Oscillatoriaceae (Family)
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  1. Genus Acuasiphonoria L. Liu, Y. Wu, H. Yang & R. Riding, 2015 †
  2. Genus Aerosakkonema N.K. Thu & M.M. Watanabe in Thu, Tanabe, Yoshida, Matsuura & Watanabe, 2012
  3. Genus Affixifilum F.W. Lefler, D.E. Berthold & H.D. Laughinghouse, 2020
  4. Genus Argonema S. Skoupý & P. Dvořák in Skoupý et al., 2022
  5. Genus Arturoa P. González, 1951
  6. Genus Atractella Printz, 1921
  7. Genus Blennothrix Kützing ex Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
  8. Genus Calyptothrix J.W. Schopf, 1968 †
  9. Genus Capilliphycus T.A. Caires, C.L. Sant'Anna & J.M.C. Nunes, 2018
  10. Genus Catenuata M.S. Yakschin, 1981 †
  11. Genus Cephalonyx A.F. Weiss, 1984 †
  12. Genus Cephalophytarion J.W. Schopf, 1968 †
  13. Genus Chthonoblastus Kützing, 1843
  14. Genus Circulinema F. Wang, X. Zhang & R. Guo, 1983 †
  15. Genus Contortothrix J.W. Schopf, 1968 †
  16. Genus Cunicularius J.W. Green, A.H. Knoll & K. Swett, 1988 †
  17. Genus Cyanoleptonema Q. Zhang & L. Song in Zhang et al., 2024
  18. Genus Cyanonema J.W. Schopf, 1968 †
  19. Genus Cyanotrichospira E.A. Molinari-Novoa & M.D. Guiry, 2021
  20. Genus Eomicrocoleus R.J. Horodyski & J.A. Donaldson, 1980 †
  21. Genus Eoschizothrix L. Seong-Joo & S. Golubic, 1998 †
  22. Genus Filiconstrictosus J.W. Schopf & J.M. Blacic, 1971 †
  23. Genus Girvanella Nicholson & Etheridge, 1878 †
  24. Genus Heliconema J.W. Schopf, 1968 †
  25. Genus Hypheothrix (M. Gomont) O. Kirchner in A. Engler & K. Prantl, 1898
  26. Genus Karamia P.N. Kolosov, 1984 †
  27. Genus Limnoraphis J. Komárek, E. Zapomělová, J. Šmarda, J. Kopecký, E. Rejmánková, J. Woodhouse, B.A. Neilan & J. Komárková, 2013
  28. Genus Longifuniculum M. Steiner, B.D. Erdtmann & J.Y. Chen, 1992 †
  29. Genus Lyngbya C.A. Agardh ex Gomont, 1892
  30. Genus Megathrix L.M. Yin, 1987 †
  31. Genus Microseira G.B. McGregor & B.C. Sendall, 2014
  32. Genus Moorena N. Engene & A. Tronholm, 2019
  33. Genus Neophormidium P.K. Misra & P.K. Maithy, 1984 †
  34. Genus Neoscytonema P.K. Maithy, 1980 †
  35. Genus Obconicophycus J.W. Schopf & J.M. Blacic, 1971 †
  36. Genus Obruchevella E.A. Reitlinger, 1948 †
  37. Genus Okeania N. Engene, V.J. Paul, T. Byrum, W.H. Gerwick, A. Thor & M.H. Ellisman, 2013
  38. Genus Oligoclonium A.B. Klugh, 1921
  39. Genus Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont, 1892
  40. Genus Oscillatoriella Gaillon, 1833
  41. Genus Oscillatoriopsis J.W. Schopf, 1968 †
  42. Genus Palaeoborzia P. Zhang, 1982 †
  43. Genus Palaeofistula E.A. Molinari-Novoa, L.F. Mayta & M.D. Guiry in Molinari-Novoa et al., 2021 †
  44. Genus Palaeolyngbya J.W. Schopf, 1968 †
  45. Genus Palaeotubulus F. Wang, X. Zhang & R. Guo, 1983 †
  46. Genus Partitiofilum J.W. Schopf & J.M. Blacic, 1971 †
  47. Genus Pelagothrix J. Schmidt, 1901
  48. Genus Peleduica V.G. Pjatiletov, 1980 †
  49. Genus Phormidella B.S. Venkatachala, M. Shukla, M. Sharma, S.M. Naqvi, R. Srinivasan & B. Udairaj, 1990 †
  50. Genus Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
  51. Genus Plectonema Thuret ex Gomont, 1892
  52. Genus Polychlamydum W. West & G.S. West, 1897
  53. Genus Potamolinea Martins & Branco, 2016
  54. Genus Razumovskia A.G. Vologdin ex Krasnopeyeva, 1938 †
  55. Genus Rugosoopsis B.V. Timofeev & T.N. Hermann in Sokolov, 1979 †
  56. Genus Saccolyngbya P.-Y. Zhang, 1982 †
  57. Genus Siphoderma Kützing, 1843
  58. Genus Siphonophycus J.W. Schopf, 1968 †
  59. Genus Spirellus Jiang in Luo et al., 1982 †
  60. Genus Subtifloria V.P. Maslov, 1956 †
  61. Genus Syringogyra J.F. Weisse, 1844
  62. Genus Tortunema T.N. Hermann in Timofeev et al., 1976 †
  63. Genus Uluksanella H.J. Hofmann & G.D. Jackson, 1991 †
  64. Genus Actinothrix J.E. Gray, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not reported since original description)
  65. Genus Anabaeniolum G.A. Nadson & N.A. Krassilnikov, 1928 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  66. Genus Ernstiella R. Chodat, 1911 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  67. Genus Havrella G. Breton & P. Saulot, 1986 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  68. Genus Spirulinopsis Y. Bhâradwâja, 1963 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  69. Genus Stereophycus K.B. Korde, 1954 † (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  70. Genus Botominella E.A. Reitlinger, 1959 † accepted as Subtifloria V.P. Maslov, 1956 † (synonym)
  71. Genus Camptonema C. Zhang, 1977 †
  72. Genus Capillus T.A. Caires, C.L. Sant'Anna & J.M.C. Nunes, 2018 accepted as Capilliphycus T.A. Caires, C.L. Sant'Anna & J.M.C. Nunes, 2018 (Name violates art. 20.2)
  73. Genus Cirrosiphon P. Duvigneaud & J.J. Symoens, 1951 accepted as Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
  74. Genus Contortonema J.W. Schopf & J.M. Blacic, 1971 † accepted as Contortothrix J.W. Schopf, 1968 † (unjustified emendation)
  75. Genus Cyclosperma Bonnemaison, 1822 accepted as Lyngbya C.A. Agardh ex Gomont, 1892
  76. Genus Detoniella Trevisan de Saint-Léon, 1889 accepted as Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont, 1892
  77. Genus Fistularia M.S. Yakschin, 1981 † accepted as Palaeofistula E.A. Molinari-Novoa, L.F. Mayta & M.D. Guiry in Molinari-Novoa et al., 2021 † (junior homonym)
  78. Genus Gobia K.B. Kordé in B.A. Trofimov, 1977 †
  79. Genus Heliotrichum N. Wille ex M. Gomont, 1892 accepted as Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont, 1892
  80. Genus Inactis (M. Gomont) O. Kirchner in Engler & Prantl, 1898 accepted as Schizothrix Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
  81. Genus Isiophyma I.N. Golub in Sokolov, 1979 † accepted as Siphonophycus J.W. Schopf, 1968 †
  82. Genus Moorea N. Engene, E.C. Rottacker, J. Kastovsky, T. Byrum, H. Choi, M.H. Ellisman, J. Komárek & W.H. Gerwick, 2012 accepted as Moorena N. Engene & A. Tronholm, 2019 (Not validly published)
  83. Genus Nicholsonia K.B. Korde, 1973 † accepted as Girvanella Nicholson & Etheridge, 1878 † (synonym)
  84. Genus Plaxonema Tangl, 1883 accepted as Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont, 1892
  85. Genus Razumovskya A.G. Vologdin, 1939 † accepted as Razumovskia A.G. Vologdin ex Krasnopeyeva, 1938 † (republished name (treated as a later usage), with variant spelling)
  86. Genus Spirocoleus Möbius, 1889 accepted as Lyngbya C.A. Agardh ex Gomont, 1892
  87. Genus Trichophora Bonnemaison, 1822 accepted as Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont, 1892
  88. Genus Trichophorus Palisot de Beauvois, 1809 accepted as Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont, 1892
  89. Genus Trichophyton L.Z. Bian & X.P. Zhou, 1990 † accepted as Razumovskia A.G. Vologdin ex Krasnopeyeva, 1938 † (synonym)
  90. Genus Trichospira E.M. McNeill, 1948
  91. Genus Tubulosa E.A. Assejeva in Teslenko, 1982 † accepted as Rugosoopsis B.V. Timofeev & T.N. Hermann in Sokolov, 1979 † (Not validly published)
  92. Genus Belaya V.P. Shuysky, 1973 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  93. Genus Grandiphycus A.C. Nautiyal, 1978 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  94. Genus Juguspira Crow, 1927 (uncertain, unassessed)
  95. Genus Lukaschevella Vologdin, 1958 † (uncertain, possible synonym (of Obruchevella))
  96. Genus Palaeospirulina A.-S. Edhorn, 1973 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  97. Genus Schizotrichites K. Starmach, 1963 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  98. Genus Striatella E.A. Assejeva in Assejeva & Velikanov, 1983 † accepted as Cephalonyx A.F. Weiss, 1984 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Striatella K. Mädler, 1964 (sporae dispersae))
  99. Genus Arthrosiphon A.F. Weiss, 1984 † accepted as Cephalonyx A.F. Weiss, 1984 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  100. Genus Avictuspirulina P.K. Strother, A.H. Knoll & E.S. Barghoorn, 1983 † accepted as Obruchevella E.A. Reitlinger, 1948 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, probable variant of Obruchevella)
  101. Genus Boruokia P.N. Kolosov, 1984 † accepted as Obruchevella E.A. Reitlinger, 1948 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, probable synonym, refer note)
  102. Genus Contextuopsis T.N. Hermann in Sokolov & Ivanovsky, 1985 † accepted as Cephalonyx A.F. Weiss, 1984 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  103. Genus Doushantuonema Z. Zhang, 1981 † accepted as Palaeolyngbya J.W. Schopf, 1968 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  104. Genus Eomycetopsis J.W. Schopf, 1968 † accepted as Siphonophycus J.W. Schopf, 1968 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  105. Genus Euryaulidion S.C. Lo, 1980 † accepted as Siphonophycus J.W. Schopf, 1968 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  106. Genus Halythrix J.W. Schopf, 1968 † accepted as Oscillatoriopsis J.W. Schopf, 1968 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  107. Genus Hyalothecopsis P. Zhang, 1982 † accepted as Oscillatoriopsis J.W. Schopf, 1968 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  108. Genus Jiangispirellus J.S. Peel, 1988 † accepted as Obruchevella E.A. Reitlinger, 1948 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, probable synonym, refer note)
  109. Genus Leiothrichoides T.N. Hermann in Timofeev, 1974 † accepted as Siphonophycus J.W. Schopf, 1968 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  110. Genus Rectia T.V. Jankauskas, 1989 † accepted as Cephalonyx A.F. Weiss, 1984 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  111. Genus Scalariphycus X. Song in Luo et al., 1982 † accepted as Palaeolyngbya J.W. Schopf, 1968 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  112. Genus Spirillopsis M.B. Burzin, 1995 † accepted as Obruchevella E.A. Reitlinger, 1948 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, probable synonym, refer note)
  113. Genus Tenuofilum J.W. Schopf, 1968 † accepted as Siphonophycus J.W. Schopf, 1968 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  114. Genus Volyniella E.D. Schepeleva ex E.A. Assejeva, 1974 † accepted as Obruchevella E.A. Reitlinger, 1948 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  115. Genus Leiotrichoides T.N. Hermann, 1974 † accepted as Leiothrichoides T.N. Hermann in Timofeev, 1974 † accepted as Siphonophycus J.W. Schopf, 1968 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling, found in literature)
  116. Genus Obrachevella † accepted as Obruchevella E.A. Reitlinger, 1948 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  117. Genus Lyngbiopsis A.M. Snezhko & L.G. Raskatova, 1979 † (unaccepted > unavailable name, ?confusable name (with Lyngbyopsis N.L. Gardner, 1927))
marine, fresh
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Oscillatoriaceae (S. F. Gray) Harvey ex Kirchner. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101168 on 2025-06-02
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2007-03-13 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2019-02-08 04:11:03Z
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Rees, Tony
2019-02-08 17:48:51Z
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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] 

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [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 Sournia, A. (1986). Atlas du Phytoplancton Marin, Tome 1. Cyanophycées, Dictyochophycées, Dinophycées, Raphidophycées. CNRS Editions: Paris. 220 pp. [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): M; stratigraphic range: Precambrian (Huronian)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988)
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