Abstract Abstract
Background
The checklist of Greek Cyanobacteria was created in the framework of the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS), an initiative of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) that has resumed efforts to compile a complete checklist of species reported from Greece. This list was created from exhaustive search of the scientific literature of the last 60 years. All records of taxa known to occur in Greece were taxonomically updated.
New information
The checklist of Greek Cyanobacteria comprises 543 species, classified in 130 genera, 41 families, and 8 orders. The orders Synechococcales and Oscillatoriales have the highest number of species (158 and 153 species, respectively), whereas these two orders along with Nostocales and Chroococcales cover 93% of the known Greek cyanobacteria species. It is worth mentioning that 18 species have been initially described from Greek habitats. The marine epilithic Ammatoidea aegea described from Saronikos Gulf is considered endemic to this area. Our bibliographic review shows that Greece hosts a high diversity of cyanobacteria, suggesting that the Mediterranean area is also a hot spot for microbes.
Keywords: blue-green algae, Cyanophyceae , bacteria , microorganisms, Aegean Sea, freshwater, marine, checklist, biodiversity, Mediterranean
Introduction
The history of natural science is directly linked to Greek civilization, since the older written references to plants, animals, and algae are found in the Homeric Epics dating back to the 8th century BC; the first record of algae in the Western literature appears in Homer’s Iliad: “the dark waves uprear their heads and scatter their sea-wrack (phycos) in all directions” [Iliad IX.1 translated by Batler (1998)]. The Greek philosopher, and first marine biologist, Aristotle, who has established scientific knowledge for many animal and plant taxa (see Voultsiadou 2007) reported “red snow” in 4th century BC: “after lying for some time, snow turns slightly red” (Historia Animalium 552b8 translated by Peck 1970); this is considered as one of the oldest records of snow algae [unicellular Chlorophyta, like Chlamydomonas or Chloromonas according to Duval et al. (1999)].
In modern times, research on Greek microflora, Cyanobacteria included, started in the 20th century with the studies of freshwater algae by Stanković (1931) and Skuja (1937). In the subsequent two decades, no published work in microflora can be traced until the limnological survey by Ananiadis (1956). During the 1960s Konstantinos Anagnostidis performs two extensive studies of Cyanobacteria from thermal springs (Anagnostidis 1961) and sulphur-communities (Sulphuretum) in marine and freshwater habitats of Greece (Anagnostidis 1968). These taxonomic studies revealed the occurrence of a great number of cyanobacteria taxa, led to the description of several new species (e.g. Geitlerinema apolloniae Anagnostidis, 2001; Leptolyngbya phormidioides (Anagnostidis) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988; Pseudanabaena lonchoides Anagnostidis, 1961; Pseudophormidium battersii (Gomont) Anagnostidis, 2001; Borzia periklei Anagnostidis in (Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988)), and were later widely used to establish the modern classification system of Cyanobacteria (Anagnostidis and Komárek 1985, Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988, Anagnostidis and Komárek 1990, Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986, Komárek and Anagnostidis 1989). Although a lot of the valuable taxonomic, ecological, and biogeographical information recorded in Anagnostidis' monographs is now contained in the “Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa” series (Komárek 2013, Komárek and Anagnostidis 1999, Komárek and Anagnostidis 2005, Komárek 2013), many details of his work remain unavailable to the broader scientific community since they were published in Greek.
The systematic research on Greek Cyanobacteria started in the 1980s with a series of publications on cyanobacterial taxonomy and species composition (Anagnostidis and Economou-Amilli 1978, Anagnostidis and Economou–Amilli 1980, Anagnostidis et al. 1981, Anagnostidis et al. 1982, Overbeck et al. 1982, Anagnostidis et al. 1983, Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1985, Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1988a, Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1988b, Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1988c, Hindak and Moustaka 1988, Anagnostidis et al. 1988a, Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1991a, Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1991b, Anagnostidis and Roussomoustakaki 1991, Tryfon 1996), as well as on population dynamics (Moustaka-Gouni 1988, Moustaka-Gouni and Nikolaidis 1990, Moustaka-Gouni and Nikolaidis 1992, Tafas and Economou-Amilli 1997, Tryfon et al. 1997, Montesanto et al. 1999, Moustaka-Gouni et al. 2000, Temponeras et al. 2000, Vardaka et al. 2000) regarding both the freshwater and marine waterbodies. The recent research on cyanobacterial diversity in Greece comprises polyphasic or multidisciplinary studies of cyanobacteria strains (Gkelis et al. 2005b, Lamprinou et al. 2011, Lamprinou et al. 2013a, Lamprinou et al. 2013b, Gkelis et al. 2015b, Gkelis and Panou 2016, Bravakos et al. 2016), natural populations (Moustaka-Gouni et al. 2009, Moustaka-Gouni et al. 2010, Papadimitriou et al. 2013, Gkelis and Zaoutsos 2014, Gkelis et al. 2014, Gkelis et al. 2015a), as well as ecological works (e.g. Lamprinou et al. 2009, Katsiapi et al. 2011, Katsiapi et al. 2012).
Despite the increased research efforts, knowledge of diversity and distribution of Cyanobacteria in Greece is still inconsistent since no list on local cyanobacterial flora has ever been published. Modern biodiversity research faces an ever increasing rate of data generation and efforts are made to structure, aggregate, link and process these data in a meaningful way (Koureas et al. 2016). Currently, the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS), an initiative launched by the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI), is resuming efforts to compile a database of all species reported from Greece; a prerequisite for GTIS is to have checklists for each taxonomic group (Bailly et al. 2016). The aim of this study is to create a checklist of cyanobacterial taxa inhabiting the area of Greece on the basis of the recent taxonomic revisions.
Materials and methods
The Checklist of Greek Cyanobacteria was created in the framework of the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS), an initiative of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) that has resumed efforts to compile a complete checklist of all species reported from Greece (Bailly et al. 2016). In that publication, a methodology is described to produce Preliminary Checklists only. However, in the present case of Cyanobacteria, the status of the list for Greece was quite advanced, and the recent primary literature was exhaustively searched for this work; the present list is thus considered as an updated, annotated, and archived checklist.
The data for this study were collected through extensive search in the scientific literature of the last 60 years. The search was performed in Scopus and Web of Science using the keywords: Greece AND cyanobacteria, Greece AND phytoplankton, Greece AND cyanoprokaryota, Greece AND blue-green algae. Furthermore, the two exhaustive monographs by Anagnostidis (Anagnostidis 1961, Anagnostidis 1968) were studied and the cyanobacterial taxa were recorded. All geographical areas of Greece and all biomes (freshwater, marine, terrestrial, caves etc.) and biotic forms (planktic, benthic, periphytic, endolithic, epizoic etc.) were considered.
The taxonomic status of the recorded cyanobacterial taxa was checked and updated, where necessary, to the currently accepted taxonomically species using Komárek and Anagnostidis (1999), Komárek and Anagnostidis (2005), Komárek (2013), and the AlgaeBase (Guiry and Guiry 2016). The species were classified to suprageneric taxa according to the latest taxonomic revisions on the basis of polyphasic methods (Komárek et al. 2014, Komárek 2016). Not valid species, species of unclear taxonomic status, and species transferred to other phyla were excluded from the list. Also, infraspecific taxa that are not valid or need revision were not included in the list. The first publication mentioning a taxon's occurrence in Greece and the original name used in that record is given under Notes and Nomeclature, respectively.
Data resources
The data collected were published in Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) through the Integrated Publishers Toolkit (IPT) according to the Darwin Core Archive biodiversity informatics data standard and are made publicly available through GBIF (UUID: 655027fc-76ea-447a-a443-f36dd2e853d7, DOI: 10.15468/lkj0mr).
Checklists
List of Cyanobacteria known to occur in Greece
Ammatoidea aegaea
Anagnostidis & Pantazidou, 1991
Ammatoidea aegea
Notes
Anabaena cylindrica
Lemmermann, 1896
Anabaena cf. cylindrica
Notes
Anabaena inaequalis
Bornet & Flahault, 1888
Anabaena inaequalis
Notes
Anabaena laxa
A. Braun in Bornet & Falhault, 1888
Anabaena laxa
Notes
Anabaena oscillarioides
Bory ex Bornet & Flahault, 1888
Anabaena oscillarioides
Notes
Anabaena perturbata
H. Hill, 1976
Anabaena pertubata
Notes
Anabaena planctonica
Brunnthaler, 1903
Anabaena solitaria f. planctonica
Notes
Anabaena sphaerica
Bornet & Flahault, 1888
Anabaena sphaerica
Notes
Anabaena torulosa
Lagerheim ex Bornet & Flahault, 1888
Anabaena torulosa
Notes
Anabaenopsis arnoldii
Aptekar, 1926
Anabaenopsis arnoldii
Notes
Anabaenopsis circularis
(G. S. West) Woloszynska & V.Miller, 1923
Anabaenopsis cf. elenkinii f. circularis
Notes
Anabaenopsis circularis
(G. S. West) Woloszynska & V.Miller, 1923
Anabaenopsis cunningtonii
Notes
Anabaenopsis elenkinii
V. V. Miller, 1923
Anabaenopsis elenkinii
Notes
Anabaenopsis milleri
Woronichin, 1929
Anabaenopsis milleri
Notes
Anabaenopsis tanganyikae
(G. S. West) Woloszynska & V.Miller, 1923
Anabaenopsis tanganyikae
Notes
Anathece clathrata
(W. & G. S. West) Komárek, Kastovsky & Jezberová, 2011
Aphanothece clathrata
Notes
Anathece endophytica
(W. & G. S. West) Komárek, Kastovsky & Jezberová, 2011
Aphanothece nidulans var. endophytica
Notes
Anathece minutissima
(West) Komárek, Kastovsky & Jezberová, 2011
Aphanothece minutissima
Notes
Aphanizomenon favaloroi
S.H.Otaño, 2012
Aphanizomenon favaloroi
Notes
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae
Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae
Notes
Aphanizomenon gracile
Lemmermann, 1907
Aphanizomenon gracile
Notes
Aphanocapsa biformis
A. Braun in P. Richter, 1879
Aphanocapsa biformis
Notes
Aphanocapsa holsatica
(Lemmermann) G. Cronberg & Komárek, 1994
Microcystis cf. holsatica
Notes
Aphanocapsa conferta
(W. & G. S. West) Komárková-Legnerová & Cronberg, 1994
Aphanocapsa elachista var. conferta
Notes
Aphanocapsa delicatissima
W. & G. S. West, 1912
Aphanocapsa delicatissima
Notes
Aphanocapsa elachista
W. & G. S. West, 1912
Aphanocapsa elachista
Notes
Aphanocapsa fusco-lutea
Hansgirg, 1892
Aphanocapsa fusco-lutea
Notes
Aphanocapsa grevillei
(Berkeley) Rabenhorst, 1865
Aphanocapsa grevillei
Notes
Aphanocapsa incerta
(Lemmermann) G. Cronberg & Komárek, 1994
Aphanocapsa incerta
Notes
Aphanocapsa marina
Hansgirg, 1892
Aphanocapsa marina
Notes
Aphanocapsa muscicola
(Meneghini) Wille, 1919
Aphanocapsa muscicola
Notes
Aphanocapsa parietina
(Nägeli ex Kützing) Nägeli, 1849
Aphanocapsa parientina
Notes
Aphanocapsa raspaigellae
(Hauck) Frémy in Feldmann, 1933
Aphanocapsa raspaigellae
Notes
Aphanocapsa rivularis
(Carmichael) Rabenhorst, 1865
Aphanocapsa anodontae
Notes
Aphanocapsa salina
Woronichin (Voronichin), 1929
Aphanocapsa salina
Notes
Aphanocapsa sesciacensis
Frémy, 1928
Aphanocapsa sescianensis
Notes
Aphanocapsa thermalis
Brügger, 1863
Aphanocapsa thermalis
Notes
Aphanothece castagnei
(Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1865
Aphanothece castagnei
Notes
Aphanothece rubra
Liebetanz, 1926
Aphanothece cf. rubra
Notes
Aphanothece rufescens
Hansgrig, 1892
Aphanothece cf. rufescens
Notes
Aphanothece salina
Elenkin & Danilov, 1915
Aphanothece cf. salina
Notes
Aphanothece marina
(Ercegovic) Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1995
Synechococcus marinus
Notes
Aphanothece microscopica
Nägeli, 1849
Aphanothece microscopica
Notes
Aphanothece microspora
(Meneghini) Rabenhorst, 1863
Aphanothece microspora
Notes
Aphanothece nidulans
Richter in Wittrock & Nordstedt, 1884
Aphanothece nidulans
Notes
Aphanothece pallida
(Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1863
Aphanothece pallida
Notes
Aphanothece saxicola
Nägeli, 1849
Aphanothece saxicola
Notes
Aphanothece stagnina
(Sprengel) A. Braun in Rabenhorst, 1863
Aphanothece stagnina
Notes
Arthrospira fusiformis
(Voronikhin) Komárek & J. W. G. Lund, 1990
Arthrospira fusiformis
Notes
Arthrospira platensis
Gomont, 1892
Arthrospira platensis
Notes
Asterocapsa aerophytica
F. Lederer, 2000
Asterocapsa aerophytica
Notes
Asterocapsa divina
Komárek, 1993
Asterocapsa divina
Notes
Asterocapsa jilinica
H. X. Xiao, 2000
Asterocapsa jilinica
Notes
Asterocapsa sinica
Liang & Chen, 1985
Asterocapsa sinica
Notes
Blennothrix brebissonii
(Kützing ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Hydrocoleum brebissonii
Notes
Blennothrix glutinosa
(Gomont ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 2001
Hydrocoleum glutinosum
Notes
Blennothrix heterotricha
(Gomont ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Hydrocoleum heterotrichum
Notes
Blennothrix lyngbyacea
(Kützing ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Hydrocoleum lyngbyaceum
Notes
Borzia periklei
Anagnostidis in Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Borzia trilocularis
Notes
Borzia starkii
Schiller, 1954
Borzia starkii
Notes
Borzia susedana
Ercegovic, 1925
Borzia susedana
Notes
Borzia trilocularis
Cohn ex Gomont, 1892
Borzia trilocularis
Notes
Brachytrichia quoyi
Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Brachytrichia quiyi
Notes
Calothrix aeruginea
Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Calothrix aeruginea
Notes
Calothrix braunii
Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Calothrix braunii
Notes
Calothrix fusca
Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Calothrix cf. fusca
Notes
Calothrix confervicola
C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Calothrix confervicola
Notes
Calothrix contarenii
Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Calothrix contarenii
Notes
Calothrix javanica
De Wildeman, 1897
Calothrix javanica
Notes
Calothrix marchica
Lemmermann, 1914
Calothrix marchica
Notes
Calothrix parietina
Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Calothrix parietina
Notes
Calothrix pulvinata
C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Calothrix pulvinata
Notes
Calothrix scopulorum
C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Calothrix scopulorum
Notes
Calothrix stagnalis
Gomont, 1895
Calothrix stagnalis
Notes
Calothrix thermalis
Hasngirg ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Calothrix thermalis
Notes
Chamaesiphon confervicola
A. Braun in Rabenhorst, 1865
Chamaesiphon curvatus
Notes
Chamaesiphon geitleri
A. Braun in Rabenhorst, 1865
Chamaesiphon geitleri
Notes
Chamaesiphon incrustans
Grunow in Rabenhorst, 1865
Chamaesiphon incrustans
Notes
Chamaesiphon polonicus
(Rostafinski) Hansgirg, 1893
Chamaesiphon polonicus
Notes
Chamaesiphon polymorphus
Geitler, 1925
Chamaesiphon polymorphus
Notes
Chlorogloea microcystoides
Geitler, 1926
Chlorogloea microcystoides
Notes
Chlorogloea novacekii
Komárek & Montejano, 1994
Chlorogloea novacekii
Notes
Chlorogloea rivularis
(Hansgirg) Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1995
Xenococcus rivularis
Notes
Chroococcidiopsis doonensis
R. B. Singh, 1968
Chroococcidiopsis doonensis
Notes
Chroococcidiopsis kashayi
Friedmann, 1961
Chroococcidiopsis kashaii
Notes
Chroococcidiopsis thermalis
Geitler, 1933
Chroococcidiopsis thermalis
Notes
Chroococcidium gelatinosum
Geitler, 1933
Chroococcidium gelatinosum
Notes
Chroococcus aphanocapsoides
Skuja ex Joosten, 2006
Chroococcus cf. aphanocapsoides
Notes
Chroococcus subsphaericus
N. L. Gardner, 1927
Chroococcus cf. subsphaericus
Notes
Chroococcus cohaerens
(Brébisson) Nägeli, 1849
Chroococcus cohaerens
Notes
Chroococcus dispersus
(Keissler) Lemmermann, 1904
Chroococcus dispersus
Notes
Chroococcus helveticus
Nägeli, 1849
Chroococcus helveticus
Notes
Chroococcus lithophilus
Ercegovic, 1925
Chroococcus lithophilus
Notes
Chroococcus microscopicus
Komárková-Legnerová & G. Cronberg, 1994
Chroococcus microscopicus
Notes
Chroococcus minor
(Kützing) Nägeli, 1849
Chroococcus minor
Notes
Chroococcus minutus
(Kützing) Nägeli, 1849
Chroococcus minutus
Notes
Chroococcus spelaeus
Ercegovic, 1925
Chroococcus spelaeus
Notes
Chroococcus subnudus
(Hansgirg) G. Cronberg & J. Komárek, 1994
Chroococcus subnudus
Notes
Chroococcus tenax
(Kirchner) Hieronymus, 1892
Chroococcus tenax
Notes
Chroococcus thermalis
(Meneghini) Nägeli, 1849
Chroococcus thermalis
Notes
Chroococcus turgidus
(Kützing) Nägeli, 1849
Chroococcus turgidus
Notes
Chroococcus turicensis
(Nägeli) Hansgirg, 1887
Chroococcus turicensis
Notes
Chroococcus varius
A. Braun in Rabenhorst, 1876
Chroococcus varius
Notes
Chroococcus westii
Boye-Petersen, 1923
Chroococcus westii
Notes
Chrysosporum bergii
(Ostenfeld) E. Zapomelová, O. Skácelová, P. Pumann, R. Kopp & E. Janecek, 2012
Anabaena bergii
Notes
Chrysosporum ovalisporum
(Forti) E. Zapomelová, O. Skácelová, P. Pumann, R. Kopp & E. Janecek, 2012
Aphanizomenon ovalisporum
Notes
Clastidium rivulare
(Hansgirg) Hansgirg, 1892
Clastidium rivulare
Notes
Clastidium setigerum
O. Kirchner, 1880
Clastidium setigerum
Notes
Coelosphaerium kützingianum
Nägeli, 1849
Coelosphaerium minutissimum
Notes
Coleofasciculus chthonoplastes
(Thuret ex Gomont) M. Siegesmund, J. R. Johansen & T. Friedl in Siegesmund et al. 2008
Microcoleus chtonoplastes
Notes
Cuspidothrix issatschenkoi
(Usachev) P. Rajaniemi, Komárek, R. Willame, P. Hrouzek, K. Kastovská, L. Hoffmann & K. Sivonen, 2005
Aphanizomenon issatschenkoi
Notes
Cyanobacterium cedrorum
(Sauvageau) Komárek, Kopecky & Cepák, 1999
Synechococcus cedrorum
Notes
Cyanobacterium minervae
(J. J. Copeland) Komárek, Kopecky & Cepák, 1999
Synechococcus minervae
Notes
Cyanocatena planctonica
Hindák, 1975
Cyanocatena planctonica
Notes
Cyanodictyon imperfectum
Cronberg & Weibull, 1981
Cyanodictyon imperfectum
Notes
Cyanodictyon planctonicum
B. A. Mayer, 1994
Cyanodictyon planctonicum
Notes
Cyanodictyon reticulatum
(Lemmermann) Geitler, 1925
Cyanodictyon reticulatum
Notes
Cyanogranis ferruginea
(F. Wawrik) Hindák ex Hindák in Joosen, 2006
Cyanogranis ferruginea
Notes
Cyanosaccus aegaeus
Anagnostidis & Pantazidou, 1985
Cyanosaccus aegaeus
Notes
Cyanosaccus atticus
Anagnostidis & Pantazidou, 1988
Cyanosaccus atticus
Notes
Cyanosarcina burmensis
(Skuja) Kovácik, 1988
Cyanosarcina cf. burmensis
Notes
Cyanosarcina spectabilis
(Geitler) Kovácik, 1988
Cyanosarcina cf. spectabilis
Notes
Cyanosarcina parthenonensis
Anagnostidis in Anagnostidis & Pantazidou, 1991
Cyanosarcina parthenonensis
Notes
Cyanosarcina thalassia
Anagnostidis & Pantazidou, 1991
Cyanosarcina thalassia
Notes
Cyanostylon microcystoides
Geitler, 1928
Cyanostylon microcystoides
Notes
Cyanostylon plancticum
Hindák, 1988
Cyanostylon plancticum
Notes
Cyanothece aeruginosa
(Nägeli) Komárek 1976
Synechococcus aeruginosus
Notes
Cyanothece halobia
Roussomoustakaki & Anagnostidis 1991
Cyanothece halobia
Notes
Cyanothece major
(Schröter) Komárek, 1976
Synechococcus maior
Notes
Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii
(Woloszynska) Seenayya & Subba Raju in Desikachary, 1972
Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii
Notes
Cylindrospermum licheniforme
Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Cylindrospermum licheniforme
Notes
Cylindrospermum muscicola
Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Cylindrospermum muscicola
Notes
Dactylococcopsis echini
Rosenvinge in Mortensen & Rosenvinge, 1934
Dactylococcopsis echini
Notes
Dactylococcopsis rhaphidioides
Hansgirg, 1888
Dactylococcopsis rhaphidioides
Notes
Dermocarpella prasina
(Reinsch) Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1995
Dermocarpa prasina
Notes
Dichothrix compacta
Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Dichothrix compacta
Notes
Dichothrix gypsophila
Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Dichothrix gypsophila
Notes
Dolichospermum affine
(Lemmermann) Wacklin, L. Hoffmann & Komárek, 2009
Anabaena affinis
Notes
Dolichospermum crassum
(Lemmermann) Wacklin, L. Hoffmann & Komárek, 2009
Anabaena crassa
Notes
Dolichospermum flos-aquae
(Brébisson ex Bornet & Flahault) P. Wacklin, L. Hoffmann & J. Komárek, 2009
Anabaena flos-aquae
Notes
Dolichospermum lemmermannii
(Richter) P. Wacklin, L. Hoffmann & J. Komárek, 2009
Anabaena lemmermannii var. minor
Notes
Dolichospermum mendotae
(W. Trelease) Wacklin, L. Hoffmann & Komárek, 2009
Anabaena mendotae
Notes
Dolichospermum mucosum
(Komárková-Legnerová & Eloranta) Wacklin, L. Hoffmann & Komárek, 2009
Anabaena mucosa
Notes
Dolichospermum scheremetievii
(Elenkin) Wacklin, L. Hoffmann & Komárek, 2009
Anabaena scheremetievii
Notes
Dolichospermum sigmoideum
(Nygaard) Wacklin, L. Hoffmann & Komárek, 2009
Anabaena circinalis
Notes
Dolichospermum solitarium
(Klebahn) Wacklin, L. Hoffmann & Komárek, 2009
Anabaena solitaria
Notes
Dolichospermum spiroides
(Klebhan) Wacklin, L. Hoffmann & Komárek, 2009
Anabaena spiroides
Notes
Dolichospermum viguieri
(Denis & Frémy) Wacklin, L. Hoffmann & Komárek, 2009
Anabaena viguieri
Notes
Entophysalis deusta
(Meneghini) F. E. Drouet & W. A. Daily 1948:
Entophysalis deusta
Notes
Entophysalis granulosa
Kützing 1843
Entophysalis granulosa
Notes
Epigloeosphaera glebulenta
(Zalessky) J. Komárková-Legnerová, 1991
Epigloeosphaera cf. grebulenta
Notes
Eucapsis terrestris
M. Akiyama, 1965
Eucapsis cf. terrestris
Notes
Eucapsis minor
(Skuja) Elenkin, 1933
Eucapsis minor
Notes
Geitlerinema acutissimum
(Kufferath) Anagnostidis, 1989
Oscillatoria acutissima
Notes
Geitlerinema amphibium
(C. Agardh ex Gomont) Anagnostidis, 1989
Oscillatoria amphibia f. circinata
Notes
Geitlerinema apolloniae
Anagnostidis, 2001
Oscillatoria splendida f. major
Notes
Geitlerinema lemmermannii
(Woloszynska) Anagnostidis, 1989
Oscillatoria cf. lemmermannii
Notes
Geitlerinema ionicum
(Skuja) Anagnostidis, 1989
Oscillatoria ionica
Notes
Geitlerinema lemmermannii
(Woloszynska) Anagnostidis, 1989
Jaaginema cf. lemmermannii
Notes
Geitlerinema numidicum
(Gomont) Anagnostidis, 1989
Oscillatoria numidica
Notes
Geitlerinema splendidum
(Greville ex Gomont) Anagnostidis, 1989
Oscillatoria splendida
Notes
Geitlerinema sulphureum
(Strzeszewski) Anagnostidis 2001
Oscillatoria geminata f. sulphurea
Notes
Glaucospira laxissima
(G.S.West) Simic, Komárek & Dordevic, 2014
Spirulina laxissima
Notes
Gloeobacter violaceus
Rippka, J. B. Waterbury & Cohen-Bazire 1974
Aphanothece caldariorum
Notes
Gloeocapsa aeruginosa
Kützing, 1843
Gloeocapsa aeruginosa
Notes
Gloeocapsa arenaria
(Hassall) Rabenhorst, 1865
Gloeocapsa arenaria
Notes
Gloeocapsa atrata
Kützing, 1843
Gloeocapsa montana
Notes
Gloeocapsa biformis
Ercegovic, 1925
Gloeocapsa biformis
Notes
Gloeocapsa bituminosa
(Bory) Kützing, 1849
Gloeocapsa bituminosa
Notes
Gloeocapsa caldariorum
Rabenhorst, 1865
Gloeocapsa caldariorum
Notes
Gloeocapsa compacta
Kützing, 1847
Gloeocapsa compacta
Notes
Gloeocapsa decorticans
(A. Braun) P.Richter in Wille, 1925
Gloeocapsa decorticans
Notes
Gloeocapsa gelatinosa
Kützing, 1843
Gloeocapsa gelatinosa
Notes
Gloeocapsa kuetzingiana
Nägeli ex Kützing, 1849
Gloeocapsa
Notes
Gloeocapsa punctata
Nägeli, 1849
Gloeocapsa punctata
Notes
Gloeocapsa rupestris
Kützing, 1847
Gloeocapsa rupestris
Notes
Gloeocapsa sanguinea
(C. Agardh) Kützing, 1843
Gloeocapsa sanguinea
Notes
Gloeocapsa thermalis
Kützing, 1843
Gloeocapsa thermalis
Notes
Gloeocapsa thermophila
(Wood) Claus, 1959
Chroococcus thermophilus
Notes
Gloeocapsopsis crepidinum
(Thuret) Geitler ex Komárek, 1993
Gloeocapsopsis crepidinum
Notes
Gloeocapsopsis cyanea
(Krieger) Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1995
Gloeocapsopsis cyanea
Notes
Gloeocapsopsis pleurocapsoides
(Novácek) Komárek & Anagnostidis ex Komárek, 1993
Gloeocapsopsis pleurocapsoides
Notes
Gloeothece incerta
Skuja, 1964
Gloeothece cf. incerta
Notes
Gloeothece tepidariorum
(A. Braun) Lagerheim 1883
Gloeothece cf. tepidariorum
Notes
Gloeothece confluens
Nägeli, 1849
Gloeothece confluens
Notes
Gloeothece fusco-lutea
(Nägeli ex Kützing) Nägeli, 1849
Gloeothece fusco-lutea
Notes
Gloeothece palea
(Kützing) Nägeli, 1849
Gloeothece palea
Notes
Gloeothece rupestris
(Lyngbye) Bornet in Wittrock & Nordstedt, 1880
Gloeothece rupestris
Notes
Gloeothece tepidariorum
(A. Braun) Lagerheim, 1883
Gloeothece rupestris var. tepidariorum
Notes
Gloeotrichia echinulata
P. G. Richter, 1894
Gloeotrichia echinulata
Notes
Gloeotrichia pisum
Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Gloeotrichia pisum
Notes
Gomphosphaeria aponina
Kützing, 1836
Gomphosphaeria aponina
Notes
Hapalosiphon intricatus
W. & G. S. West, 1894
Hapalosiphon intricatus
Notes
Hassallia byssoidea
Hassall ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Tolypothrix byssoidea
Notes
Herpyzonema pulverulentum
M. Hernández-Mariné & T. Canals, 1994
Herpyzonema pulverulentum
Notes
Heteroleibleinia infixa
(Frémy) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya infixa
Notes
Heteroleibleinia kuetzingii
(Schmidle) Compère, 1985
Lyngbya kutzingii
Notes
Homoeothrix caespitosa
Kirchner, 1898
Homoeothrix caespitosa
Notes
Homoeothrix juliana
(Bornet & Flahault ex Gomont) Kirchner,1898
Homoeothrix juliana
Notes
Hormoscilla feldmannii
Anagnostidis, 2001
Borzia spongeliae
Notes
Hydrococcus cesatii
Rabenhorst, 1860
Hydrococcus cesatii
Notes
Hydrococcus rivularis
Kützing, 1833
Hydrococcus rivularis
Notes
Hydrocoleum homoeotrichum
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Hydrocoleum homoeotrichum
Notes
Hydrocoleum muscicola
Hansgirg ex Forti, 1907
Hydrocoleum muscicolum
Notes
Hydrocoleum stankovicii
Čado, 1958
Hydrocoleum stankovicii
Notes
Hyella balani
Lehmann, 1903
Hyella balani
Notes
Hyella caespitosa
Bornet & Flahault, 1888
Hyella caespitosa
Notes
Hyella fontana
Huber & Jadin, 1892
Hyella fontana
Notes
Hyella inconstans
Al-Thukair & Golubic 1991
Hyella inconstans
Notes
Hyella kalligrammos
Anagnostidis & Pantazidou, 1988
Hyella kalligrammos
Notes
Hyella maxima
(Geitler) Anagnostidis & Pantazidou, 1988
Hyella maxima
Notes
Hyella reptans
Al-Thukair & Golubic, 1991
Hyella reptans
Notes
Ifinoe spelaea
Lamprinou & Pantazidou in Lamprinou et al. 2011
spelaeobios
Notes
Isactis plana
Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Calothrix plana
Notes
Isocystis halobia
K. Anagnostidis & M. Roussomoustakaki, 1991
Isocystis halobia
Notes
Isocystis pallida
(Voronichin) Woronichin, 1927
Isocystis pallida
Notes
Jaaginema angustissimum
(W. & G. S. West) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria angustissima
Notes
Jaaginema geminatum
(Schwabe ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988
Oscillatoria geminata
Notes
Jaaginema mauchanum
(Claus) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria cf. mauchiana
Notes
Jaaginema minimum
(Gicklhorn) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria minima
Notes
Jaaginema profundum
(Schröter & Kirchner) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Achroonema projundum
Notes
Jaaginema pseudogeminatum
(G. Schmid) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria pseudogeminata
Notes
Jaaginema subtilissimum
(Kützing ex Forti) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria subtilissima
Notes
Johanseninema constrictum
(Szafer) Hasler, Dvorák & Poulícková, 2014
Pseudanabaena constricta
Notes
Kamptonema animale
(C. Agardh ex Gomont) Strunecký, Komárek & J. Smarda, 2014
Oscillatoria animalis
Notes
Kamptonema chlorinum
(Kützing ex Gomont) Strunecký, Komárek & J. Smarda, 2014
Oscillatoria chlorina
Notes
Kamptonema cortianum
(Meneghini ex Gomont) Strunecký, Komárek & J. Smarda, 2014
Oscillatoria cortiana
Notes
Kamptonema formosum
(Bory ex Gomont) Strunecký, Komárek & J. Smarda, 2014
Oscillatoria formosa
Notes
Kamptonema jasorvense
(Vouk) Strunecký, Komárek & J. Smarda, 2014
Oscillatoria jasorvensis
Notes
Kamptonema laetevirens
(H.M.Crouan & P.L.Crouan ex Gomont) Strunecký, Komárek & J. Smarda, 2014
Phormidium laetevirens
Notes
Kamptonema okenii
(C.Agardh ex Gomont) Strunecký, Komárek & J. Smarda, 2014
Oscillatoria okenii
Notes
Komvophoron crassum
(Vozzennikova) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Komvophoron cf. crassum
Notes
Komvophoron pallidum
(Skuja) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Pseudanabaena pallida
Notes
Komvophoron schmidlei
(Jaag) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Pseudanabaena schmidlei
Notes
Kyrtuthrix dalmatica
Ercegović, 1929
Kyrtuthrix dalmatica
Notes
Leibleinia gracilis
(Rabenhorst ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya gracilis
Notes
Leibleinia nordgaardii
Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya nordagardhii
Notes
Lemmermanniella pallida
(Lemmermann) Geitler, 1942
Lemmermanniella pallida
Notes
Leptolyngbya amplivaginata
(van Goor) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya amplivaginata
Notes
Leptolyngbya angustissima
(W. & G. S. West) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium angustissimum
Notes
Leptolyngbya antarctica
(W. & G. S. West) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium antarcticum
Notes
Leptolyngbya boryana
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Plectonema boryanum
Notes
Leptolyngbya calotrichoides
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Plectonema calotrichoides
Notes
Leptolyngbya cebennensis
(Gomont) I. Umezaki & M. Watanabe, 1994
Leptolyngbya cebennensis
Notes
Leptolyngbya carnea
(Kützing ex Lemmermann) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Leptolyngbya cf. carnea
Notes
Leptolyngbya laminosa
(Gomont ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Leptolyngbya cf. laminosa
Notes
Leptolyngbya compacta
(Kützing ex Hansgirg) Komárek in Anagnostidis, 2001
Leptolyngbya compacta
Notes
Leptolyngbya ectocarpi
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium ectocarpi
Notes
Leptolyngbya ercegovicii
(Čado) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Leptolyngbya ercegovicii
Notes
Leptolyngbya foveolara
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium foveolarum
Notes
Leptolyngbya fragilis
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium fragile
Notes
Leptolyngbya gracillima
(Hansgirg) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Plectonema gracillimum
Notes
Leptolyngbya halophila
(Hansgirg ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya halophila
Notes
Leptolyngbya lagerheimii
(Gomont ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya lagerheimii
Notes
Leptolyngbya laminosa
(Gomont ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium laminosum
Notes
Leptolyngbya lurida
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium luridum
Notes
Leptolyngbya nana
(Tilden) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Leptolyngbya nana
Notes
Leptolyngbya norvegica
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Plectonema norvegicum
Notes
Leptolyngbya nostocorum
(Bornet ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Plectonema nostocorum
Notes
Leptolyngbya notata
(Schmidle) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Plectonema notatum
Notes
Leptolyngbya ochracea
(Thuret ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988
Lyngbya ochracea
Notes
Leptolyngbya perelegans
(Lemmermann) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya perelegans
Notes
Leptolyngbya perforans
(Geitler) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Schizothrix perforans st. typicus
Notes
Leptolyngbya phormidioides
(Anagnostidis) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria acuminata f. phormidioides
Notes
Leptolyngbya purpurascens
(Gomont ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Leptolyngbya purpurascens
Notes
Leptolyngbya rivulariarum
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988
Lyngbya rivulariarum
Notes
Leptolyngbya subtilissima
(Hansgirg) Komárek in Anagnostidis, 2001
Leptolyngbya subtilissima
Notes
Leptolyngbya subuliformis
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium subuliforme
Notes
Leptolyngbya tenuis
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium tenue f. circinata
Notes
Leptolyngbya terebrans
(Bornet & Flahault ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Plectonema terebrans
Notes
Leptolyngbya truncata
(Lemmermann) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium truncatum
Notes
Leptolyngbya undosa
(Čado) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Leptolyngbya undosa
Notes
Leptolyngbya valderiana
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988
Phormidium valderianum
Notes
Leptolyngbya weedii
(Drouet) Anagnostidis 2001
Phormidium weedii
Notes
Limnococcus limneticus
(Lemmermann) Komárková, Jezberová, O. Komárek & Zapomelová, 2010
Chroococcus limneticus
Notes
Limnothrix brachynema
(Skuja) Hindák & Trifonova, 1989
Lyngbya brachynema
Notes
Limnothrix obliqueacuminata
(Skuja) Meffert 1988
Oscillatoria obliqueacuminata
Notes
Limnothrix redekei
(Goor) Meffert, 1988
Limnothrix redekei
Notes
Lyngbyaf.minor
Elenkin, 1949
Lyngbya aerugineo-coerulea f. minor
Notes
Lyngbya aestuarii
Liebman ex Gomont, 1892
Lyngbya aestuarii
Notes
Lyngbya agardhii
Gomont, 1892
Lyngbya agardhii
Notes
Lyngbya boryana
Kirchner ex Hansgirg, 1892
Phormidium boryanum
Notes
Lyngbya spiralis
Geitler, 1932
Lyngbya cf. spiralis
Notes
Lyngbya confervoides
C. Agardh ex Gomont, 1892
Lyngbya confervoides
Notes
Lyngbya lutea
Gomont ex Gomont, 1892
Lyngbya lutea
Notes
Lyngbya majuscula
Harvey ex Gomont, 1892
Lyngbya majuscula
Notes
Lyngbya martensiana
Meneghini ex Gomont, 1892
Lyngbya martensiana
Notes
Lyngbya palikiana
Claus, 1955
Leptolyngbya palikiana
Notes
Lyngbya semiplena
J. Agardh ex Gomont, 1892
Lyngbya semiplena
Notes
Lyngbya sordida
Gomont, 1892
Lyngbya sordida
Notes
Mastigocladus laminosus
Cohn ex Kirchner, 1898
Mastigocladus laminosus
Notes
Mastigocoleus testarum
Lagerheim ex Bornet & Flahault, 1887
Mastigocoleus testarum
Notes
Merismopedia elegans
A. Braun ex Kützing, 1849
Merismopedia elegans
Notes
Merismopedia glauca
(Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1845
Merismopedia glauca
Notes
Merismopedia mediterranea
Nägeli, 1849
Merismopedia glauca f. mediterranea
Notes
Merismopedia minima
G. Beck 1897
Merismopedia minima
Notes
Merismopedia punctata
Meyen, 1839
Merismopedia punctata
Notes
Merismopedia smithii
De Toni, 1939
Merismopedia maior
Notes
Merismopedia tenuissima
Lemmermann 1898
Merismopedia tenuissima
Notes
Merismopedia trolleri
Bachmann, 1920
Merismopedia trolleri
Notes
Merismopedia warmingiana
(Lagerheim) Forti, 1883
Merismopedia warmingiana
Notes
Microchaete grisea
Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Microchaete grisea
Notes
Microchaete tenera
Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Microchaete tenera
Notes
Microcoleus amoenus
(Gomont) Strunecky, Komárek & J. R. Johansen, 2013
Oscillatoria amoena
Notes
Microcoleus amoenus
(Gomont) Strunecky, Komárek & J. R. Johansen, 2013
Phormidium amoenum
Notes
Microcoleus autumnalis
(Gomont) Strunecky, Komárek & J. R. Johansen, 2013
Phormidium autumnale
Notes
Microcoleus ferrugineus
Frémy, 1936
Microcoleus ferrugineus
Notes
Microcoleus lacustris
Farlow ex Gomont, 1892
Microcoleus lacustris
Notes
Microcoleus paludosus
Gomont, 1892
Microcoleus paludosus
Notes
Microcoleus setchellianus
(Gomont) Strunecky, Komárek & J. R. Johansen, 2013
Phormidium setchellianum
Notes
Microcoleus steenstrupii
J. B. Petersen, 1923
Microcoleus steenstrupii
Notes
Microcoleus vaginatus
Gomont ex Gomont, 1892
Microcoleus vaginatus
Notes
Microcoleus vulgaris
Strunecky, Komárek & J. R. Johansen 2013
Phormidium vulgare
Notes
Microcystis flos-aquae
(Wittrock) Kirchner, 1898
Microcystis flos-aquae
Notes
Microcystis aeruginosa
(Kützing) Kützing, 1846
Microcystis aeruginosa
Notes
Microcystis ichthyoblabe
(G.Kunze) Kützing, 1846
Microcystis ichthyoblabe
Notes
Microcystis incerta
(Lemmermann) Lemmermann, 1903
Microcystis incerta
Notes
Microcystis marginata
(Meneghini) Kützing, 1846
Microcystis marginata
Notes
Microcystis novacekii
(Komárek) Compère, 1974
Microcystis novacekii
Notes
Microcystis panniformis
Komárek, Komárková-Legnerová, Sant'Anna, M. T. P. Azevedo, & P. A. C. Senna, 2002
Microcystis panniformis
Notes
Microcystis pulverea
(H. C. Wood) Forti, 1907
Microcystis pulverea
Notes
Microcystis smithii
Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1995
Aphanocapsa pulchra
Notes
Microcystis viridis
(A. Braun) Lemmermann, 1903
Microcystis viridis
Notes
Microcystis wesenbergii
(Komárek) Komárek ex Komárek, 1968
Microcystis wesenbergii
Notes
Myxosarcina concinna
Printz, 1921
Myxosarcina concinna
Notes
Nodularia harveyana
Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Nodularia harveyana
Notes
Nodularia spumigena
Mertens ex Bornet & Flahault 1888
Nodularia spumigena
Notes
Nostoc calcicola
Brébisson ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Nostoc calcicola
Notes
Nostoc commune
Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault, 1888
Nostoc commune
Notes
Nostoc humifusum
Carmichael ex Bornet & Flahault, 1888
Nostoc humifusum
Notes
Nostoc letestui
Frémy, 1930
Nostoc letestui
Notes
Nostoc linckia
Bornet ex Bornet & Flahault, 1888
Nostoc linckia
Notes
Nostoc microscopicum
Carmichael ex Bornet & Flahault, 1888
Nostoc microscopicum
Notes
Nostoc minutissimum
Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault, 1888
Nostoc minutissimum
Notes
Nostoc paludosum
Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault, 1888
Nostoc paludosum
Notes
Nostoc punctiforme
Hariot 1891
Nostoc punctiforme
Notes
Nostoc sphaericum
Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault, 1888
Nostoc sphaericum
Notes
Oculatella subterranea
Zammit, Billi & Albertano, 2012
Oculatella subterranea
Notes
Oscillatoria anguina
Bory ex Gomont 1892
Oscillatoria anguina
Notes
Oscillatoria bonnemaisonii
P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Gomont, 1892
Oscillatoria bonnemaisonii
Notes
Oscillatoria corallinae
Gomont ex Gomont, 1892
Oscillatoria corallinae
Notes
Oscillatoria crassa
(C. B. Rao) Anagnostidis, 2001
Oscillatoria ornata var. crassa
Notes
Oscillatoria curviceps
C. Agardh ex Gomont, 1892
Oscillatoria curviceps
Notes
Oscillatoria laetevirens
Hofman-Bang ex Forti 1892
Oscillatoria laetevirens
Notes
Oscillatoria limosa
C. Agardh ex Gomont 1892
Oscillatoria limosa
Notes
Oscillatoria margaritifera
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Oscillatoria margaritifera
Notes
Oscillatoria okeniivar.gracilis
(Kützing) Kützing ex Forti, 1904
Oscillatoria okenii f. gracilis
Notes
Oscillatoria ornata
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Oscillatoria ornata
Notes
Oscillatoria princeps
Vaucher ex Gomont, 1892
Oscillatoria princeps
Notes
Oscillatoria pseudoangusta
Claus, 1955
Oscillatoria pseudoangusta
Notes
Oscillatoria putrida
Schmidle, 1901
Oscillatoria putrida
Notes
Oscillatoria rhamphoidea
Anagnostidis, 2001
Oscillatoria salina f. major
Notes
Oscillatoria rupicola
(Hansgirg) Hansgirg ex Forti, 1907
Oscillatoria rupicola
Notes
Oscillatoria sancta
Kützing ex Gomont 1892
Oscillatoria sancta
Notes
Oscillatoria simplicissima
Gomont, 1892
Oscillatoria simplicissima
Notes
Oscillatoria subbrevis
Schmidle, 1901
Oscillatoria subbrevis
Notes
Oscillatoria tenuis
C. Agardh ex Gomont, 1892
Oscillatoria tenuis
Notes
Oscillatoriavar.phormidioides
Hansgirg ex Drouet, 1957
Oscillatoria okenii f. phormidioides
Notes
Oscillatoria trichoides
Szafer, 1910
Oscillatoria trichoides
Notes
Oxynema acuminatum
(Gomont) Chatchawan, Komárek, Strunecky, Smarda & Peerapornpisal, 2012
Oscillatoria acuminata
Notes
Pannus spumosus
B.Hickel, 1991
Pannus spumosus
Notes
Petalonema densum
(Bornet ex Bornet & Flahault) Migula, 1907
Petalonema densum
Notes
Phormidesmis molle
(Gomont) Turicchia, Ventura, Komárková & Komárek, 2009
Phormidium molle
Notes
Phormidiochaete nordstedtii
(Bornet et Flahault) Komárek in Anagnostidis, 2001
Phormidiochaete nordstedtii
Notes
Phormidium acuminatumvar.longe-attenuatum
(Geitler & Ruttner) I. Umezaki & M. Watanabe, 1994
Oscillatoria acuminata f. longe-attenuata
Notes
Phormidium aerugineo-caeruleum
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya aerugineo-coerulea
Notes
Phormidium ambiguum
Gomont, 1892
Phormidium ambiguum
Notes
Phormidium articulatum
(N. L. Gardner) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium articulatum
Notes
Phormidium boryanum
Kützing, 1843
Oscillatoria boryana
Notes
Phormidium breve
(Kützing ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria brevis
Notes
Phormidium griseoviolaceum
(Skuja) Anagnostidis, 2001
Phormidium cf. griseoviolaceum
Notes
Phormidium chalybeum
(Mertens ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria chalybea
Notes
Phormidium corium
Gomont ex Gomont, 1892
Phormidium corium
Notes
Phormidium diguetii
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya diguetii
Notes
Phormidium edessae
Skuja, 1937
Phormidium edessae
Notes
Phormidium endophyticum
(W. & G. S. West) Skuja, 1956
Phormidium endophyticum
Notes
Phormidium favosum
Gomont, 1892
Phormidium favosum
Notes
Phormidium feldmanni
Frémy, 1937
Phormidium feldmanni
Notes
Phormidium grunowianum
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria grunowiana
Notes
Phormidium henningsii
(Lemmermann) Anagnostidis, 2001
Leptolyngbya henningsii
Notes
Phormidium incrustatum
Gomont ex Gomont, 1892
Phormidium incrustans
Notes
Phormidium interruptum
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Phormidium interruptum
Notes
Phormidium inundatum
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Phormidium inundatum
Notes
Phormidium janthiphorum
Elenkin, 1949
Oscillatoria janthiphora
Notes
Phormidium jenkelianum
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Phormidium jenkelianum
Notes
Phormidium kuetzingianum
(Kirchner ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium kuetzingianum
Notes
Phormidium lacustre
(Čado) Anagnostidis, 2001
Phormidium lacustre
Notes
Phormidium litorale
Golubic, 1960
Phormidium litorale
Notes
Phormidium macedonicum
(Čado), 1959
Phormidium macedonicum
Notes
Phormidium melanochroun
Lamprinou & Pantazidou, 2013
Phormidium melanochroun
Notes
Phormidium minutum
Lindstedt, 1943
Phormidium minutum
Notes
Phormidium molischii
(Vouk) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya molischi
Notes
Phormidium mollevar.tenuior
W. & G. S. West ex Geitler, 1925
Phormidium molle f. tenuior
Notes
Phormidium nigroviride
(Thwaites ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria nigroviridis
Notes
Phormidium nigrum
(Vaucher ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria nigra
Notes
Phormidium pachydermaticum
Frémy, 1930
Phormidium pachydermaticum
Notes
Phormidium papyraceum
Gomont ex Gomont, 1892
Phormidium papyraceum
Notes
Phormidium priestleyi
F. E. Fritsch, 1917
Phormidium priestleyi
Notes
Phormidium retzii
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Phormidium retzii
Notes
Phormidium subfuscum
Kützing ex Gomont. 1892
Phormidium subfuscum
Notes
Phormidium submembranaceum
Gomont, 1892
Phormidium submembranaceum
Notes
Phormidium tanganyikae
(G. S. West) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria tanganyikae
Notes
Phormidium terebriforme
(C. Agardh ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria terebriformis
Notes
Phormidium tergestinum
Kützing ex Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium tergestinum
Notes
Phormidium thwaitesii
I. Umezaki & M. Watanabe, 1994
Oscillatoria subuliformis
Notes
Phormidium uncinatum
Gomont ex Gomont, 1892
Phormidium uncinatum
Notes
Phormidium willei
(N. L. Gardner) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Oscillatoria willei
Notes
Planktolyngbya bipunctata
(Lemmermann) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya bipunctata
Notes
Planktolyngbya circumcreta
(G. S. West) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya circumcreta
Notes
Planktolyngbya contorta
(Lemmermann) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya contorta
Notes
Planktolyngbya limnetica
(Lemmermann) Komárková- Legnerová & Cronberg, 1992
Lyngbya limnetica
Notes
Planktothrix agardhii
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Planktothrix agardhii
Notes
Planktothrix isothrix
(Skuja) Komárek & Komárková, 2004
Oscillatoria cf. agardhii var. isothrix
Notes
Planktothrix mougeotii
Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Planktothrix mougeotii
Notes
Planktothrix rubescens
(De Candolle ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Planktothrix rubescens
Notes
Plectonema araucanum
Schwabe, 1960
Plectonema araucanum
Notes
Plectonema tomasinianum
Bornet ex Gomont, 1893
Plectonema tomassinianum
Notes
Pleurocapsa fuliginosa
Hauck, 1885
Pleurocapsa fuliginosa
Notes
Pleurocapsa minor
Hansgirg, 1891
Scopulonema minus
Notes
Porphyrosiphon versicolor
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Lyngbya versicolor
Notes
Pseudanabaena amphigranulata
(Van Goor) Anagnostidis, 2001
Pseudanabaena galeata f. tenuis
Notes
Pseudanabaena arcuata
(Skuja) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Phormidium arcuatum
Notes
Pseudanabaena biceps
Böcher, 1946
Pseudanabaena biceps
Notes
Pseudanabaena catenata
Lauterborn, 1915
Pseudanabaena catenata
Notes
Pseudanabaena galeata
Böcher, 1949
Pseudanabaena galeata
Notes
Pseudanabaena limnetica
(Lemmermann) Komárek, 1974
Oscillatoria limnetica
Notes
Pseudanabaena lonchoides
Anagnostidis, 1961
Pseudanabaena lonchoides
Notes
Pseudanabaena mucicola
(Naumann & Huber-Pestalozzi) Schwabe, 1964
Phormidium mucicola
Notes
Pseudanabaena raphidioides
(Geitler) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Pseudanabaena raphidioides
Notes
Pseudocapsa dubia
Ercegovic, 1925
Pseudocapsa dubia
Notes
Pseudophormidium battersii
(Gomont) Anagnostidis, 2001
Plectonema battersii
Notes
Pseudophormidium golenkinianum
(Gomont) Anagnostidis, 2001
Plectonema golenkinianum
Notes
Pseudophormidium hollerbachianum
(Elenkin) Anagnostidis, 2001
Plectonema boryanum f. hollerbachianum
Notes
Pseudophormidium radiosum
(Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Plectonema radiosum
Notes
Pseudophormidium spelaeoides
(Čado) Anagnostidis, 2001
Pseudophormidium spelaeoides
Notes
Pseudophormidium tenue
(Thuret ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
Plectonema tenue
Notes
Pseudoscytonema endolithicum
(Ercegovic) Anagnostidis in Komárek & Anagnostidis, 2005
Plectonema endolithicum
Notes
Radiocystis geminata
Skuja, 1948
Radiocystis geminata
Notes
Raphidiopsis mediterranea
Skuja, 1937
Raphidiopsis mediterranea
Notes
Rhabdoderma curtum
(Setchell) Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1995
Synechococcus curtus
Notes
Rhabdoderma lineare
Schmidle & Lauterborn in Schmidle, 1900
Synechococcus linearis
Notes
Rhabdogloea elenkinii
(Roll) Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1995
Dactylococcopsis cf. elenkinii
Notes
Rivularia atra
Roth ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Rivularia atra
Notes
Rivularia biasolettiana
Meneghini ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Rivularia biasoletiana
Notes
Rivularia bullata
Berkeley ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Rivularia bullata
Notes
Rivularia calcarata
(Woronichin) Poljankij in Hollerbach et al. 1953
Dichothrix compacta var. calcarata
Notes
Rivularia haematites
C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Rivularia haematites
Notes
Rivularia nitida
C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Rivularia nitida
Notes
Rivularia polyotis
Roth ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Rivularia polyotis
Notes
Romeria gracilis
(Koczwara) Koczwara in Geitler, 1932
Romeria gracilis
Notes
Romeria simplex
(Hindák) Hindák, 1988
Romeria simplex
Notes
Schizothrix affinis
Lemmermann, 1905
Schizothrix affinis
Notes
Schizothrix arenaria
Gomont, 1892
Schizothrix arenaria
Notes
Schizothrix bosniaca
(Forti) Geitler, 1932
Schizothrix bosniaca
Notes
Schizothrix calcicola
Gomont, 1892
Schizothrix calcicola
Notes
Schizothrix coriacea
Gomont, 1892
Schizothrix coriacea
Notes
Schizothrix delicatissima
W. & G. S. West, 1897
Schizothrix delicatissima
Notes
Schizothrix fasciculata
Gomont ex Gomont, 1892
Schizothrix fasciculata
Notes
Schizothrix heufleri
Grunow ex Gomont, 1892
Schizothrix heufleri
Notes
Schizothrix lacustris
A. Braun ex Gomont, 1892
Schizothrix lacustris
Notes
Schizothrix lardacea
Gomont, 1892
Schizothrix lardacea
Notes
Schizothrix lateritia
Gomont, 1892
Schizothrix lateritia
Notes
Schizothrix lenormandiana
Gomont, 1892
Schizothrix lenormandiana
Notes
Schizothrix simplicior
Skuja, 1964
Schizothrix simplicior
Notes
Schizothrix tenuis
Woronichin, 1923
Schizothrix tenuis
Notes
Scytonema crispum
Bornet ex De Toni, 1907
Scytonema crispum st. chiastus
Notes
Scytonema hofmaniivar.calcicola
Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1887
Scytonema hofmanii var. calcicola
Notes
Scytonema julianum
Meneghini ex B. A. Whitton, 2011
Scytonema julianum
Notes
Scytonema myochrous
C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Scytonema myochrous
Notes
Scytonema polycystum
Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Scytonema polycystum
Notes
Scytonema wolleanum
Forti, 1907
Scytonema mirabile
Notes
Scytonematopsis crustacea
(Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault) Koválik & Komárek, 1988.
Calothrix crustacea
Notes
Siphonema polonicum
(Raciborski) Geitler, 1925
Siphononema polonicum
Notes
Snowella atomus
Komárek & Hindák, 1988
Snowella atomus
Notes
Snowella lacustris
(Chodat) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
Gomphosphaeria lacustris
Notes
Snowella litoralis
(Häyrén) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
Snowella litoralis
Notes
Snowella septentrionalis
Komárek & Hindák, 1988
Snowella septentrionalis
Notes
Solentia paulocellularis
(Ercegovic) LeCampion-Alsumard & Golubic ex Belyakova, 1988
Hormathonema paulocellulare
Notes
Sphaerocavum microcystiforme
(Hindák) Azevedo & Sant' Anna, 2003
Pannus microcystiformis
Notes
Sphaerospermopsis aphanizomenoides
(Forti) Zapomelová, Jezberová, Hrouzek, Hisem, Reháková & Komárková, 2010
Anabaena aphanizomenoides
Notes
Spirulina caldaria
Tilden, 1898
Spirulina caldaria
Notes
Spirulina corakiana
Playfair, 1914
Spirulina corakiana
Notes
Spirulina labyrinthiformis
Gomont, 1892
Spirulina labyrinthiformis
Notes
Spirulina major
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Spirulina major
Notes
Spirulina meneghiniana
Zanardini ex Gomont, 1892
Spirulina meneghiniana
Notes
Spirulina princeps
W. & G. S. West, 1902
Spirulina princeps
Notes
Spirulina robusta
H. Welsh, 1965
Spirulina subsalsa var. crassior
Notes
Spirulina subsalsa
Oersted ex Gomont, 1892
Spirulina subsalsa
Notes
Spirulina subtilissima
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Spirulina subtilissima
Notes
Spirulina tenerrima
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Spirulina tenerrima
Notes
Spirulina versicolor
Cohn ex Gomont, 1892
Spirulina subsalsa st. versicolor
Notes
Stanieria sublitoralis
(Lindstedt) Anagnostidis & Pantazidou, 1991
Staniera sublitoralis
Notes
Stanieria sphaerica
(Setchel & Gardner) Anagnostidis & Pantazidou,1991
Dermocarpa sphaerica
Notes
Stichosiphon pseudopolymorphus
(F. E. Fritsch) Komárek, 1989
Chamaesiphon pseudopolymorphus
Notes
Stigonema hormoides
Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Stigonema hormoides
Notes
Stigonema mamillosum
C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1887
Stigonema mamillosum
Notes
Stigonema minutum
Hassall ex Bornet & Flahault, 1887
Stigonema minutum
Notes
Symploca dubia
Gomont, 1892
Symploca dubia
Notes
Symploca elegans
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Symploca elegans
Notes
Symploca hydnoides
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Symploca hydnoides
Notes
Symploca lacrimans
Claus, 1962
Symploca lacrimans
Notes
Symploca muralis
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Symploca muralis
Notes
Symploca muscorum
Gomont ex Gomont, 1892
Symploca muscorum
Notes
Symploca radians
(Kützing) Rabenhorst ex Gomont, 1892
Symploca radians
Notes
Symploca thermalis
Gomont, 1892
Symploca thermalis
Notes
Symplocastrum penicillatum
(Gomont) Anagnostidis, 2001
Schizothrix penicillata
Notes
Synechococcus salinarum
Komárek, 1956
Synechoccus salinarum
Notes
Synechococcus bigranulatus
Skuja, 1933
Synechococcus elongatus f. thermalis
Notes
Synechococcus elongatus
Nägeli, 1849
Synechococcus elongatus
Notes
Synechocystis aquatilis
Sauvageau, 1892
Synechocystis aquatilis
Notes
Synechocystis crassa
Woronichin, 1929
Synechocystis crassa
Notes
Synechocystis diplococca
(Pringsheim) Bourrelly, 1970
Synechocystis diplococcus
Notes
Synechocystis endobiotica
(Elenkin & Hollerbach) Elenkin, 1938
Aphanocapsa endophytica
Notes
Synechocystis minuscula
Woronichin, 1926
Synechocystis minuscula
Notes
Synechocystis pevalekii
Ercegovic 1925
Synechocystis pevalekii
Notes
Synechocystis salina
Wislouch, 1924
Synechocystis salina
Notes
Synechocystis sallensis
Skuja, 1930
Synechocystis sallensis
Notes
Synechocystis thermalis
J. J. Copeland, 1936
Synechocystis thermalis
Notes
Tapinothrix crustacea
(Woronichin) Bohunická & Johansen in Bohunická, Johansen & Fuciková, 2011
Homoeothrix crustacea
Notes
Tapinothrix varians
(Geitler) Bohunická & J. R. Johansen in Bohunická, Johansen & Fuciková, 2011
Homoeothrix varians
Notes
Tolypothrix cavernicola
Weber-van Bosse, 1913
Tolypothrix cavernicola
Notes
Tolypothrix distorta
Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Tolypothrix distorta
Notes
Anagnostidis 1968
Tolypothrix elenkinii
Hollerbach, 1923
Tolypothrix elenkinii
Notes
Tolypothrix fragilissima
Ercegovic, 1925
Tolypothrix fragilissima
Notes
Tolypothrix penicillata
Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Tolypothrix penicillata
Notes
Tolypothrix rivularis
Hansgirg, 1892
Tolypothrix rivularis
Notes
Toxopsis calypsus
Lamprinou, Skaraki, Kotoulas, Economou-Amili & Pantazidou, 2012
Toxopsis calypsus
Notes
Trichocoleus delicatulus
(W. & G. S. West) Anagnostidis, 2001
Microcoleus delicatulus
Notes
Trichocoleus minimus
(Frémy) Anagnostidis, 2001
Microcoleus minimus
Notes
Trichocoleus sociatus
(W. & G. S. West) Anagnostidis, 2001
Microcoleus sociatus
Notes
Trichocoleus tenerrimus
(Gomont) Anagnostidis, 2001
Microcoleus tenerrimus
Notes
Trichocoleus voukii
(Frémy) Anagnostidis, 2001
Microcoleus voukii
Notes
Trichodesmium iwanoffianum
Nygaard, 1926
Oscillatoria cf. iwanoffiana
Notes
Trichodesmium erythraeum
Ehrenberg ex Gomont, 1892
Trichodesmium erythraeum
Notes
Trichormus azollae
(Strasburger) Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1989
Anabaena azollae
Notes
Trichormus thermalis
(V.Vouk) Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1989
Anabaena thermalis
Notes
Trichormus variabilis
(Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault) Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1989
Anabaena variabilis
Notes
Woronichinia compacta
(Lemmermann) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
Woronichinia compacta
Notes
Woronichinia naegeliana
(Unger) Elenkin, 1933
Coelosphaerium
Notes
Xenococcus pyriformis
Setchell & N. L. Gardner in N. L. Gardner, 1918
Xenococcus cf. pyriformis
Xenococcus pyriformis Notes: Radea et al. 2010
Xenococcus schousboei
Thuret in Bornet & Thuret, 1880
Xenococcus schousboei
Notes
Xenotholos kerneri
(Hansgirg) M. Gold-Morgan, G. Montejano & J. Komárek, 1994
Xenococcus kerneri
Notes
Yonedaella lithophila
(Ercegovic) Umezaki, 1962
Sphaeronema lithophilum
Notes
Analysis
A total of 543 species and 85 infraspecific taxa have been found in Greece up to date. The species are classified in 130 genera, 41 families, and 8 orders. The orders Synechococcales and Oscillatoriales have the highest number of species (158 and 153 species, respectively), whereas these two orders along with Nostocales and Chroococcales cover 93% of the known Greek cyanobacteria species (Fig. 1). The families Oscillatoriaceae, Leptolyngbyaceae, Microcoleaceae, and Chroococcaceae have the highest number of species (>30 each) (Fig. 2a); the genera Phormidium, Leptolyngbya, Oscillatoria, Chroococcus, Aphanocapsa, and Gloeocapsa have the highest number of species (>15 each) (Fig. 2b). Fourteen species were found to include 85 infraspecific taxa (Table 1); those infraspecific taxa were not included in the checklist. Furthermore, 21 species recorded in Greece are not valid or of uncertain taxonomic status (Table 2) and were not included in the checklist.
Figure 1.
Classification of cyanobacteria of Greece in orders.
Classification of cyanobacteria of Greece in families (a) and genera (b). Only families and genera including more than five species are shown.
Figure 2a.
Figure 2b.
Table 1.
List of infraspecific cyanobacterial taxa known to occur in Greece. For each taxon the first publication mentioning its occurrence in Greece is given.
| Species | Infraspecific epithet | Reference |
| Anabaena torulosa | var. tenuis | Anagnostidis 1961 |
| Anabaena oscillarioides | fa. circinalis | Anagnostidis 1968 |
| Aphanothece microscopica | fa. endophytica | Anagnostidis 1968 |
| Entophysalis deusta | st. solentioides | Anagnostidis 1968 |
| st. dermatocarpoides | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. dermocarpoides | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. gloeocapsoides | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. hormathonematoides | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. hyelloides | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. pleurocapsoides | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. tryponematoides | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. typicus | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Gloeocapsa biformis | st. derm. col. ralfsianus | Anagnostidis 1968 |
| st. derm. magma | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. dermochrous | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. nannocytosus | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. perdurans | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. punctatus | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Gloeocapsa compacta | st. perdurans | Anagnostidis 1968 |
| st. lam. col. magma | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. lam. col. typicus | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. lam. coloratus | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. nannocytosus | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. perdurans | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. simplex | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Gloeocapsa kützingiana | st. lam. col. magma | Anagnostidis 1968 |
| st. lam. coloratus | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. perdurans | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. rupestris | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Gloeocapsa sanguinea | st. col. alp. magma | Anagnostidis 1968 |
| st. col. alp. ralfsianus | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. col. ralfsianus | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. lam. col. alp. magma | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. lam. col. alpinus | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. lam. col. magma | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. lam. coloratus | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. perdurans | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. simplex | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Mastigocladus laminosus | fa. oscillariodes subfa. subrecta | Anagnostidis 1961 |
| fa. oscillariodes subfa. circinata | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. oscillariodes subfa. spiroides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. pseudanabaenoides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. pseudanabaenoides subfa. subrecta | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. pseudanabaenoides subfa. circinata | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. pseudanabaenoides subfa. spiroides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. lyngbyoides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. lyngbyoides subfa. subrecta | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. lyngbyoides subfa. circinata | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. phormidioides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. phormidioides subfa. subrecta | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. phormidioides subfa. circinata | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. plectonematoides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. symplocoides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. anabaenoides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. anabaenoides subfa. subrecta | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. anabaenoides subfa. circinata | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. anabaenoides subfa. spiroides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. nostocoides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. aulosiroides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. stigonematoides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. microchaetoides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. tolypotrichoides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. scytonematoides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. typica | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. typica subfa. normalis | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. typica subfa. brachytrichoides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. pallidus | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. oscillariodes | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. chroococcoides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| fa. pleurocapsoides | Anagnostidis 1961 | |
| Nostoc punctiforme | var. populorum 1 | Anagnostidis and Economou-Amilli 1978 |
| Pseudanabaena articulata | fa. 2 | Anagnostidis 1968 |
| Pseudanabaena lonchoides | fa. circinata | Anagnostidis 1961 |
| fa. crassior | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| fa. tenuis | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Scytonema myochrous | st. crustaceus | Anagnostidis 1968 |
| st. petalonema | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. petalonema | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. petalonema | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. typicus | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Siphononema polonicum | st. chamaesiphonoides | Anagnostidis 1968 |
| st. juvenilis | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. scopulonematoides | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| st. stigonematoides | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Synechocystis aquatilis | var. minor | Anagnostidis 1961 |
1 The current taxonomic status is Nostoc punctiforme fa. populorum
2 The author does not identify a certain forma
Table 2.
List of cyanobacterial taxa known to occur in Greece with uncertain or not valid taxonomic status. For each taxon the publication mentioning its occurrence in Greece and the current taxonomic status is given.
| Taxon | Reference | Current taxonomic status |
| Achroonema lentum | Anagnostidis and Economou–Amilli 1980 | unclassified below the Kingdom level (Guiry and Guiry 2016) |
| Achroonema proteiforme | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Achroonema angustum | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Achroonema atriculatum | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Achroonema splendens | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Achroonema subsalsum | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Desmanthos thiocrenophilum (?) | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Pelonema aphane | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Pelonema cf. subtilissimum | Anagnostidis and Roussomoustakaki 1991 | |
| Pelonema pseudovacuolatum | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Pelonema subtilissimum | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Pelonema tenue | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Peloploca ferruginea (?) | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Peloploca taeniata | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Peloploca undulata | Anagnostidis 1968 | |
| Pleurocapsa crepidinum | Anagnostidis and Golubic 1966 | needs revision; possibly a Chroococcidiopsis species (Komárek and Anagnostidis 2005) |
| Aphanothece nidulans var. nidulans | Hindak and Moustaka 1988 | uncertain; Algabase (Guiry and Guiry 2016) contains only two valid A. nidulans varieties: var. longissima Nash and var. thermalis Hansgirg |
| Hydrocoleus homoeotrichus | Anagnostidis et al. 1983 | needs revision; sensu Anagnostidis et al 1983, probably belongs to the Oscillatoriaceae according to trichome structure, and into the genus Blennothrix (Komárek and Anagnostidis 2005) |
| Achroonema pseudangustum | Anagnostidis and Economou–Amilli 1980 | not valid (Guiry and Guiry 2016) |
| Scolecia filosa | Färber et al. 2015 | Ichnotaxa produced by unknown heterotrophic organisms (Heindel et al. 2009) |
| Gloeocapsa polydermatica | Anagnostidis 1961 | Sporotetras polydermatica [Chlorophyta] (Guiry and Guiry 2016) |
Discussion
A thorough review of the relevant literature revealed that 543 species of cyanobacteria have been reported up to date from Greece. The species recorded from this area are classified in 130 genera and 41 families, all of the 8 orders of the class Cyanophyceae (Komárek et al. 2014) being represented. In this checklist we have not included 85 infraspecific taxa mostly from the genera Entophysalis, Gloeocapsa, Mastigocladus, Scytonema, and Siphononema recorded in several habitats such as gulfs, waterfalls, caves, and lakes by Anagnostidis (Anagnostidis 1961, Anagnostidis 1968). In the genus Mastigocladus numerous taxa were described, which do not belong to this genus (Komárek 2013). Among the formae described by Anagnostidis, some are subject to revision [e.g. M. fa. microchaetoides is "surely not Mastigocladus, as it is morphologically similar to Aulosira" according to Komárek (2013)]. The great morphological variability of this chroococcalean and nostocalean species should be further investigated in the future.
A number of species reported in Greece were found to be of not valid or of uncertain taxonomic status: The species Pleurocapsa crepidinum is possibly a Chroococcidiopsis species and needs revision (Komárek and Anagnostidis 2005). The species Hydrocoleus homoeotrichus sensu Anagnostidis et al. (1983), probably belongs to the Oscillatoriaceae and into the genus Blennothrix (Komárek and Anagnostidis 2005) according to its trichome structure. The taxon Aphanothece nidulans var. nidulans found in Lake Volvi (Hindak and Moustaka 1988) is not included either in the Chroococcales volume of Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1999) nor in the AlgaeBase (Guiry and Guiry 2016); Algaebase contains only two valid A. nidulans varieties: var. longissima Nash and var. thermalis Hansgirg. Gloeocapsa polydermatica Kützing found in Nigrita hot springs (Anagnostidis 1961) is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of the chlorophyte Sporotetras polydermatica (Kützing) I.Kostikov, T.Darienko, A.Lukesová, & L.Hoffmann (Guiry and Guiry 2016). The taxon Scolecia filosa found in microbial bioerosion at an underwater marine site in Peloponnese (Färber et al. 2015) belongs to ichnotaxa produced by unknown heterotrophic organisms (Heindel et al. 2009), not cyanobacteria. The remaining 17 species belong to the family Pelonemataceae; this family, consisting of the genera Achroonema, Pelonema, Peloploca, and Desmanthos, was created to accommodate some colorless bacteria with multicellular filaments (trichomes), which were observed in hypolimnia of lakes and ponds or in sulfur springs (Hirsch 1981). At present, members of this family are considered unclassified below the Kingdom level (Guiry and Guiry 2016).
It is worth mentioning that 18 of the species included in the list have been initially described from Greek habitats. The marine epilithic Ammatoidea aegea described from Saronikos Gulf (Aegean Sea) (Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1991a) is considered endemic to this area (Komarek and Anagnostidis 2005). Interestingly, most of these new species were found in rarely sampled habitats, such as caves [e.g. Toxopsis calypsus, Ifinoe spelaea (Lamprinou et al. 2011)], marine coastal rocks [e.g. epilithic Cyanosarcina thalassia (Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1991b) or endolithic Cyanosaccus aegaeus and Cyanosaccus atticus (Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1985, Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1988c)], archaeological sites [e.g. aerophytic, chasmoendolithic Cyanosarcina parthenonensis (Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1991b)], heliothermal saltwork mats [Cyanothece halobia (Anagnostidis and Roussomoustakaki 1991)], and waterfalls [Phormidium edessae (Skuja 1937)], highlighting the need for further research to reveal the unknown diversity in these environments. A recent study by Bravakos et al. (2016) on cyanobacteria strains isolated from mats of thermal springs of Greece indicates at least six new taxa at the genus level. Furthermore, Konstantinou et al. (2016) report possible new species on cyanobacteria strains isolated from marine sponges from the Aegean Sea, thus corroborating the abundant diversity of lesser-known environments.
To the best of our knowledge, the list of Greek cyanobacteria compiled for the needs of the present study is the first list of both freshwater and marine Cyanophyceae in the Mediterranean. There is another list presenting 327 species from Israel (Tsarenko et al. 2000), but this refers only to the continental part of that country. The Egyptian list (Nassar 2014) contains 19 cyanobacteria species, whereas a phytoplankton checklist from the Eastern Adriatic (Vilicic et al. 2002) contains no cyanobacteria. Other local cyanobacterial lists were published in the past 15 years from continental parts of Europe, e.g. Slovakia, Sweden, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Slovenia, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic (Kaštovský et al. 2010 and references therein), as well as a checklist from the Baltic Sea reporting 172 cyanobacterial species (Hällfors 2004). The Czech Republic list comprises 505 species, 392 of which are considered recently present according to Kaštovský et al. 2010. The cyanobacteria checklist of Nepal (Rai et al. 2011) presents 274 species. Therefore, it appears that Greece hosts a comparatively high diversity of cyanobacteria, suggesting that the Mediterranean area is also a hot spot for the “substantially underestimated or unexplored” (Coll et al. 2010) microbes.
Acknowledgements
This paper is dedicated to the memory of Professor Konstantinos Anagnostidis (12 December 1924-9 December 1994), whose pioneer work on cyanobacterial diversity has paved the way for modern cyanobacterial taxonomy and the study of Phycology in Greece.
This study was supported by the LifeWatchGreece Infrastructure, (MIS 384676), funded by the Greek Government under the General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GSRT), ESFRI Projects, National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF).
SG gratefully acknowledges Prof. Eleni Voultsiadou for critically reading the manuscript, useful suggestions, and fruitful discussions. We thank Dr. Vasilis Gerovasileiou for his support.
Author contributions
SG conceived, designed and supervised this project, and prepared the manuscript. IO and NP collected the data. IO, MP, and SG and built the database.
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