Higher Classification: > Kingdom Bacteria > Subkingdom Negibacteria > Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae > Subclass Oscillatoriophycidae > Order Oscillatoriales > Family Oscillatoriaceae > Genus Phormidium

Phormidium breve (Kützing ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phormidium*	Kützing ex Gomont, 1892	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Oscillatoria brevis*	Kützing ex Gomont, 1892	basionym
*Oscillaria brevis*	Kützing, 1833	synonym
*Oscillatoria brevis var. neapolitana*	Gomont, 1892	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Phormidium breve (Kützing ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146702